Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union members gathered in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, ACT, WA and SA on Saturday to urge the company to stop selling engineered stone kitchen bench tops.
The engineered benchtops, which have become fashionable in Australian kitchens and bathrooms, contain a high concentration of crystalline silica. “Bunnings customers deserve to know it is profiting from killer stone bench tops,” CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith said. Federal and state ministers are currently considering a Safe Work Australia report about a potential ban on high-concentration crystalline silica slabs.
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