The office will be CLOSED to all visitors and members from Tuesday 17th December 2024 until further notice due to renovations.

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Your union has been defending members' rights and entitlements for over a century and a half. Today we are one of the fastest growing and most progressive trade unions in Australia. We continue to defend our licensing and registration systems, support training and trade development, and fight for the wages and conditions of members.

The PPTEU also has a proud history of advancing education, improving social welfare and promoting human rights.

Read more about the PPTEU.

The Building Industry Group of Unions (BIG) has deep concern regarding the existence of a list being circulated by the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA).

The job of the VIDA is to oversee the delivery of Victorian infrastructure. Tens of thousands of Victorian workers are employed on projects, building the state's future.

The BIG wishes to make it absolutely clear that there has been no consultation with unions or our members about this list.

The history of ‘blacklisting’ in the construction industry is well known to the BIG and our members. Lack of fairness, targeting union members, and outright discrimination happen when building industry clients, including the VIDA, get to pick and choose.

The BIG expect regulators to do their jobs to keep workers safe, deliver high-quality projects, and promote secure employment.

The BIG will not stand by as workers lose their employment as a result of a list compiled by unaccountable bureaucrats at the VIDA based on media reporting.

We have called on the VIDA to meet with the Victorian Building Unions and explain their unaccountable, unfair and unjust actions and take steps to fix their mess.

To read the full BIG media release, click or tap here.

On behalf of the Building Industry Group of Unions (BIG), which represents 100,000 building and blue collar workers in Victoria, we write to express our outrage at your proposal to introduce legislation to place the CFMEU Construction and General Division into administration before the CFMEU has an opportunity to formally respond in court.

Read the full response here.

Mass Meeting endorses Construction EBA

Members that plan on getting travel insurance MUST lodge their registration form a minimum of 2 working days prior to travel. 

Protection for you and your family

Travel insurance cover is available to financial members who pay full rates, as valued members of the CEPU (PPTEU) Plumbing Division Victoria and Western Australia, at no additional cost*

*Subject to Terms and Conditions (financial full rates members only, eg, apprentices will need to pay full rate for the period of application and travel)

Click here to register.

To read all about the insurance cover (including what has changed to the policy), click here for the link to the Member Insurance page.

Historic commitment leads new program to break barriers and reshape the Plumbing Industry.

Industry leaders across Australia’s Plumbing Industry demonstrated national leadership and unity by signing an historic industry-first Pledge for Change, a powerful commitment to build inclusive, respectful workplaces and open new opportunities for the next generation of plumbers.

Supported by the Australian Government’s Building Women’s Careers Program, the initiative is focused on driving lasting cultural and structural reform across the plumbing, pipe trades, and fire protection industries.

Launched by Minister for Skills and Training, the Hon Andrew Giles MP at PICAC Narre Warren, Building Futures: Breaking Barriers brings together the industry from all corners of Australia to tackle the barriers that have limited women’s participation in the Plumbing Industry, and to build modern, inclusive, and sustainable workplaces for the future of the industry.

To read the full media release, click or tap here.