I hear from a BLF activist in Brisbane that construction sites across the country are likely to walk out on 12 September.
On that day union official Noel Washington appears in Geelong Magistrates' Court for a first hearing. Washington has refused instructions from the ABCC - a special police force for the building industry set up by the Howard government, and due to be kept until 2010 by the Rudd government - to give the names of workers who attended a union meeting off site.
For refusing to testify, Washington could face six months' jail.
CFMEU National secretary Dave Noonan has said that there will be a union show of solidarity for Washington outside the courthouse on 12 September.
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