Builders are calling for workers to have the right to choose their own redundancy fund in response to a CFMEU push to oust a fund that returned thousands of dollars to workers and mandate a John Setka-backed one that sends profits to union entities.

The Master Builders Association accused the Albanese government of “turning a blind eye” to the lack of accountability around the unregulated billion-dollar worker entitlement funds and urged it to align the sector’s obligations to that of superannuation.