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		<title>Port upgrade a win for Newcastle ship-building jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NSW Government’s multi-million dollar investment in Newcastle port infrastructure will deliver hundreds of skilled jobs and secure Newcastle’s position as a national ship-building hub, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union said today.
Minister for the Hunter and Member for Newcastle Jodi McKay has announced funding to refurbish the slipway and wharf, build a blast and paint [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.buildthemhere.com.au/port-upgrade-a-win-for-newcastle-ship-building-jobs/</link>
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		<title>A win on ferries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news. The NSW Government has committed to prioritising local industry in its procurement of six new Sydney Ferries vessels. Transport Minister John Robertson has promised the Government will take into account the issues raised by the AMWU in the Build Them Here campaign – that is, the economic benefit it to NSW communities of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.buildthemhere.com.au/a-win-on-ferries/</link>
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		<title>Ferry contracts good news for jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An order of new six ferries this week is encouraging news for NSW transport manufacturing.
The Government has done the right thing by prioritising local industry and jobs in the tendering process, which will comply with the Jobs First guidelines encouraging local industry participation, particularly in regional areas.
Potential tenderers for the construction of the six new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.buildthemhere.com.au/ferry-contracts-good-news-for-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Union, industry to govt: act now or lose capacity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AMWU and industry representatives met Transport Minister John Robertson today to present a joint action plan for the state’s transport manufacturing sector.
The plan calls for a commitment to supporting NSW transport manufacturing through long-term procurement planning; supporting SMEs and regional manufacturing; engaging with industry through a Transport Manufacturing Working Group and developing a skills plan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.buildthemhere.com.au/industry-plan-for-transport-manufacturing-in-nsw/</link>
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		<title>Industry, union join forces on transport manufacturing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NSW transport manufacturers have agreed to work with the AMWU to present the State Government with a joint plan to protect and grow the industry.
Last week, representatives of NSW’s major transport manufacturers – including Downer EDI, United Group Rail, Custom Coaches, Varley, RPC Technologies and Lovells Springs – took part in an industry forum we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.buildthemhere.com.au/industry-union-join-forces-on-transport-manufacturing/</link>
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		<title>We deserve to benefit from transport contracts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AMWU members have appealed directly to Transport Minister John Robertson to build public transport infrastructure locally.
At a transport workers’ forum in Sydney, delegate Richard Wardropper told the Minister he was worried about job losses in the sector and wanted the State Government to make a strong commitment on local transport manufacturing.

“There are contracts for buses, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.buildthemhere.com.au/we-deserve-to-benefit-from-transport-contracts/</link>
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		<title>Maintrain workers say yes to local jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Western Sydney train maintenance workers have given their support to the Build Them Here campaign, calling on the NSW Government to support local jobs.
AMWU officials attended mass meetings this week at Maintrain – a major Western Sydney employer with 450 workers – to brief members about the public transport manufacturing contracts going to tender in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.buildthemhere.com.au/maintrain-workers-say-yes-to-local-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Message from Tim Ayres</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim Ayres, NSW Secretary, AMWU
Here in NSW, we have some of the best manufacturing technology and most skilled manufacturing workers in the world.
Local manufacturers produce world-class transport infrastructure – from rail rolling stock through to naval air warfare destroyers.

They aren’t just building our infrastructure, they are also creating skilled jobs, developing valuable intellectual property, contributing [...]]]></description>
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