UNION anger over spying at a Victorian desalination project has spread, with 300 workers walking off the job at two Melbourne construction sites, officials said. Union officials said the action was in support of workers building Victoria's $5.4 billion desalination project at Wonthaggi, where construction is unlikely to resume until Monday at the earliest over revelations contractor Thiess hired a spy to investigate employees.
Workers involved on Melbourne's M80 ring-road upgrade and a new railway station at Newport also walked off the job today, according to the CFMEU, the union which covers the construction, forestry, forest products, mining and energy production industries.
