Construction workers moved onto the streets of Melbourne’s CBD blocking traffic to protest the Victorian state government’s latest COVID-19 restrictions for the industry. Dozens of construction workers blocked Lonsdale and Elizabeth streets with plastic chairs and tables while on their breaks, stopping the trams. The roads are now cleared. This comes after the state’s vaccination mandate for the industry was announced on Thursday, citing that 13 percent of active cases in the state are linked to construction sites. “Construction workers state-wide will need to show evidence to their employer that they have had at least a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by 11:59 p.m. on the 23rd of September,” Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters on Thursday. “Basically, construction workers have a week to go and get a first dose.” Further, from 11:59 p.m. this Friday, construction workers will not be able to cross the metropolitan-regional boundary for work, tea rooms …
Construction Workers Take to Melbourne Streets to Protest COVID-19 Restrictions
September 16, 2021
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