Construction workers moved onto the streets of Melbourne’s CBD blocking traffic to protest the Victorian state government’s latest COVID-19 restrictions for the industry. Dozens of construction workers blocked Lonsdale and Elizabeth streets with plastic chairs and tables while on their breaks, stopping the trams, video on social media show. “Dan Andrews said that Victorian construction works couldn’t eat inside if they werent vaxd… So – they grabbed everything and took it to the streets and blocked the roads off – they even got Traffic Control stopping Police,” one post on Telegram, filled with pictures of the protest, reads. “Well done Tradies of Melbourne.” The roads are now cleared. This comes after the state’s vaccination mandate for the industry was announced on Thursday, citing that 13 percent of active cases in the state are linked to construction sites. “Construction workers state-wide will need to show evidence to their employer that they have had …
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