Dozens of construction workers have blocked off major roads in Melbourne in protest of the new Covid restrictions placed on tea rooms.
Workers took plastic furniture out onto the roads and had their smoko there, blocking off traffic.
The ban on tea rooms was introduced yesterday in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus.
Collins, King and Lonsdale Streets in the CBD as well as Sydney Road in Brunswick and High Street in Kew were blocked off.
CFMMEU state secretary John Setka told 3AW the protests were done without consultation and were “pretty appalling”.
“What they decided was if we can’t sit in the smoko shed where do we have our break?” he said.