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Sally McManus

December 2024

ACTU secretary Sally McManus on Monday called for interest rate cuts outside the Reserve Bank.

Union growth is back under Labor after a decade of decline

The ACTU says a return to collective bargaining under the Albanese government has helped unions increase their membership to 13 per cent of the workforce.

October 2024

ACTU boss Sally McManus said moving between living places was the cost of the tackling corruption.

Sally McManus has two black belts, but lives at risk of CFMEU fallout

The ACTU secretary has been forced to live in different places and vary her routine due to security concerns arising from the crackdown on the union.

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Vocus’ $5b TPG fibre deal; New Lendlease boss; Star fundie goes solo

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September 2024

Australia’s most powerful people in 2024.

Australia’s 10 most powerful people in 2024

There are three new faces on the Power list – plus some big swings in the ranking.

August 2024

CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith.

At CFMEU protests, the most important group didn’t turn up

The average trade union member these days is not a big beefy bloke in a hard hat and black T-shirt, but a 46-year-old female nurse.

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Melbourne hosted up to 50,000 construction workers protesting the administration.

Rogue CFMEU leaders vow ‘absolute destruction’ of Labor

Ousted CFMEU officials have vowed to campaign to turf Labor out in state and federal elections, as tens of thousands stopped work to protest the CFMEU administration.

Mark Irving represented the Health Services Union at the royal commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption in 2014.

Fair Work names CFMEU administrator, seeks extraordinary powers

The FWC has chosen a senior barrister to administer the union and wants to give him sweeping powers to follow dirty money and sack officials. The CFMEU says it’s taking legal advice.

July 2024

The Albanese government should deregister the CFMEU.

On CFMEU, Albo must emulate Hawke

The union must be deregistered, and government construction contracts must once again be used to ensure that unacceptable union behaviour is not tolerated.

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Jobless rate rises; COVID-hit Biden signals exit; Trump hurts Nvidia

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AFR Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Sally McManus at a press conference.

McManus says ACTU will suspend CFMEU amid scandal

ACTU suspends construction union; Trump attends RNC before speeches from former rivals; Albanese, Minns and Burke all back independent administrator decision. Follow for updates.

Renovation rescue: CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith says the union is best placed to clean up its mess.

The CFMEU can’t fix itself – just ask the banks, casinos and PwC

If union and Labor leaders really want to win back trust in the CFMEU, only an independent and transparent inquiry into the union will do. 

Allan, Albanese told of union thuggery in 2022

Detailed evidence was sent more than 18 months ago that CFMEU officials were threatening violence and banning non-union preferred firms from taxpayer-funded projects.

Years of wilful incuriosity have enabled the CFMEU

The latest expressions of shock and platitudes about “zero tolerance” by senior figures in the labour movement come across as utterly disingenuous.

The stranglehold that the CFMEU has on projects in Victoria affects everyone in the country.

Fair Work Act isn’t much help dealing with the CFMEU

Stronger rules and safeguards are needed, along with an audit of the EBAs the union has signed, if proper governance is finally to be installed at the CFMEU.

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ASX hits 8000; McManus speaks on CFMEU; ‘Trump Trade’ gets trickier

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Caught on film: How Setka and the CFMEU wield their power

Videos show John Setka delivering a suitcase message to a rival’s home, and other officials issuing threats and boasting of the union’s total control.

June 2024

John Setka and Sally McManus.

Under poll pressure, Burke slams Setka ‘thuggery’

The CFMEU has demanded Labor back down on its law to break up the union, saying it will set a “terrible precedent”.

ACTU secretary Sally McManus and president Michele O’Neil at the triennial ACTU Congress on Thursday.

Split over ‘unbalanced’ ACTU policy on Israel-Gaza

A Left-aligned union leader has claimed officials quashed debate over Gaza at last week’s ACTU Congress by allowing criticism of Israel without mentioning Hamas.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with ACTU secretary Sally McManus at the union congress dinner in 
Adelaide on Wednesday.

Unions are at new heights of power. Now they just need to retain it

In the rocky world of industrial relations, the policy pendulum swings from one extreme to the other depending on who’s in power.

ACTU secretary Sally McManus called members to reverse declining membership.

Union push for five weeks’ annual leave for everyone

Unions are preparing to lobby Labor to change laws so that 25 days paid holiday is the new norm as part of a triumphant ACTU Congress.

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