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'Notorious' CFMEU an 'embarrassment', says Federal Court

Ewin HannanWorkplace Editor
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The construction union's record of law-breaking should be embarrassing to the union movement, says a Federal Court judge.

Handing down $178,450 in penalties against the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and six officials on Friday, Justice Chris Jessup hit out at the CFMEU's history of breaching workplace laws.

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