Labor says CFMEU situation is under control. But look on the streets
The CFMEU rallies are just the obvious signs of the turmoil behind the scenes as a government-appointed administrator struggles to deal with union threats of payback and de facto control on building sites.
More angry protests by thousands of construction workers are just the most visible evidence of how the Albanese government’s strategy to curb the power of the rogue building union is not going to plan.
Industrial Relations Minister Murray Watt still argues the situation with the construction division of the CFMEU is under control. He told the national press club on Wednesday that Labor had taken swift action to clean up the union so it “returns to its core function – representing its members”.
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