Alleged bikie threats spark CFMEU security overhaul
Private security guards have been stationed at the Queensland CFMEU office after union members allegedly received serious threats from bikies.
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Private security guards have been stationed at the Queensland CFMEU office after union members allegedly received serious threats from bikies.
CFMEU’s Dylan Howard has staunchly defended the union’s “perks” – but opinion remains divided among Queenslanders. HAVE YOUR SAY
Unions and so-called work ‘perks’ have become the scapegoat for blowouts on Qld projects as the LNP moves to scrap the BPIC policy. But there’s more to the story, writes CFMEU official Dylan Howard.
The union’s nominated directors Paddy Crumlin, Jason O’Mara and Lucy Weber will join the board of Cbus.
The developer of a social housing project in Geelong’s CBD has claimed an “unnecessary” union visit has delayed construction.
The decision to slash $1.4bn in union perks has saved Brisbane’s 2032 Games from “embarrassment”, according to Premier David Crisafulli.
The LNP has held crisis meetings on how to save key projects from blowouts caused by controversial CFMEU “tax” which the the government temporarily suspended this week.
A war of words has erupted after the LNP government temporarily suspended the controversial BPIC policy. HAVE YOUR SAY
Just a day after the LNP dumped the controversial CFMEU “tax” members of the militant union have shutdown a Cross River Rail site at Woolloongabba.
Nuclear power, free public transport and reinstating sacked CFMEU union officials are among the bold ideas up for discussion at this weekend’s Victoria’s Young Labor conference.
Unions are threatening to take to the streets to protect workers’ rights after the LNP suspended the controversial CFMEU tax.
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Two CFMEU members have been thrown out of a building convention moments before a major plan to pause pro-union practices was announced.
Love it or hate it, the CFMEU wields power right across Queensland. This is the story of its rise. SPECIAL REPORT
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