<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thousands of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victorian"><span>Victorian</span></a><span> tradies will enjoy a four-day weekend for </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/anzac-day" rel="" target="" title="Anzac Day"><span>Anzac Day</span></a><span>, even though the Allan government hasn't declared it a public holiday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Premier Jacinta Allan has attracted criticism over the decision not to give Victorians a substitute public holiday on Monday after Anzac Day, which falls on Saturday this year and a Sunday next year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While most Victorians will begrudgingly clock in on Monday, the CFMEU's Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) means construction workers on government work sites will down tools.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anzac-day-public-holiday-2026-state-by-state-guide-explained/97d7f484-4921-4304-b0f8-695592f7fefe" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Anzac Day is almost here, but not everyone gets a long weekend this year</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>What's more, Tuesday is a rostered day off for Big Build workers, making it a four-day weekend for some government-contracted tradies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The CFMEU says "the day off is a long-standing practice included in agreements with major construction companies".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police Minister Anthony Carbines defended the union's public holiday declaration.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/victorians-will-miss-out-on-an-anzac-day-long-weekend-this-year--except-for-one-industry-cfmeu/35448825-f09d-4ece-8c53-cd14117e3b91" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Workers who negotiate entitlements get the support of everybody for the work they do," Carbines said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If other people want to go out there and do construction work - tough, hard work, dig holes, build Victoria and negotiate deals and arrangements to support workers that comply with the law, then that's supported."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/double-demerits-dates-2026-anzac-day-state-by-state-penalties-fines/7632b6a0-085c-4053-ae4e-6f636b29f284" target="_blank"><strong><span>Where double demerits won't apply over the Anzac Day weekend</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Victorians outside the construction industry say they feel ripped off by the deal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Without a doubt there's two sets of rules," one woman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think everyone should be entitled to it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If Victorians needed an example of CFMEU cosying up to Jacinta Allan and Labor mates, here it is," Shadow Infrastructure Minister Brad Rowswell said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With Anzac Day falling on a weekend for the next two years, construction workers have also secured Monday off in 2027.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Other states and territories, including NSW, the ACT and Western Australia, have also granted the extra public holiday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Victoria is standing firm on its choice.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Anzac Day is commemorated on the day it falls. 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