Apprentices to get $100 vouchers as fuel costs surge
The CFMEU has rolled out $100 fuel vouchers for apprentices as fuel prices surge, warning rising costs could threaten Australia’s housing targets.
Thousands of construction apprentices will receive monthly fuel vouchers from the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), as rising costs threaten to derail training pipelines critical to Australia’s housing targets.
As first reported by news.com.au, the union said first- and second-year apprentices will be eligible for $100 fuel vouchers each month over the next three months, in a move designed to ease immediate cost pressures as fuel prices surge.
The announcement comes amid growing concern that higher living costs, especially transport, are pushing apprentices out of the industry at a time when workforce shortages are already an issue.
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