Why It Matters: The mining union owns $102 million of the CFMEU’s net assets and its demerger will deplete the broader union’s resources.
Context: The split is part of internal warring within the CFMEU following a fallout with John Setka and the construction division.
What next: The mining union will apply to fix a date for withdrawing from the CFMEU. The CFMEU’s manufacturing division could be next.
Mining union members have overwhelmingly voted to split from the CFMEU following a rupture with John Setka and the construction division.
Ballot results released on Thursday showed that 98 per cent of 11,501 voting members backed withdrawing from the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and forming an independent union.
