Work at Manildra site suspended after CFMEU alleges 457 visa abuse

By Simon Brown
Updated January 21 2015 - 6:42pm, first published 4:47pm
Filipino workers, back: Ricky Marquez, Alan de Ocareza, Victor Villegas, Alvin Gallo. Front: Norman Telino, Christopher Vilas, Jeszar Banajera.
Filipino workers, back: Ricky Marquez, Alan de Ocareza, Victor Villegas, Alvin Gallo. Front: Norman Telino, Christopher Vilas, Jeszar Banajera.

Twenty-nine overseas workers involved in metal construction at the Manildra site on Bolong Road, Bomaderry are being paid under-award rates and living in cramped conditions, a union has claimed.

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