Embattled CMFEU to potentially be split in two
The head of a CMFEU division expects a secret ballot to be successful, with hundreds of Tasmania workers set to leave the union if that occurs.
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The head of a CMFEU division expects a secret ballot to be successful, with hundreds of Tasmania workers set to leave the union if that occurs.
A report has found that when it came to trying to settle disputes among the union, Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto “came with the furniture of the job”.
A CFMEU official charged with making threats to kill on a building site will face court amid concerns he is still holding considerable influence in the building industry.
A new report into the scandal-plagued CFMEU has heard evidence former head John Setka signed off on a controversial $29,000 pay rise to a SA union boss who police say was a former bikie.
The Coalition has seized on reports Anthony Albanese had been made aware of allegations the CFMEU had been infiltrated by organised crime links years before the current scandal.
The state government has put tens of thousands of CFMEU supporters on notice ahead of a planned city rally this week, warning them to “protest peacefully” or suffer the consequences.
A former Mongols bikie and CFMEU organiser has been linked to a new building industry company set up after the union was torn apart by claims of criminal infiltration.
Taxpayers are likely to be billed millions of dollars due to a union rally on Wednesday that will paralyse the CBD and bring large parts of the Big Build to a halt.
Union delegates have been accused of forcing workers on government building sites to work at a snail’s pace as the construction industry calls for the removal of the controversial BPIC policy.
One of Labor’s key allies has unloaded on the party, claiming that its treatment of the CFMEU is a ‘how to guide to destroy any trade union’.
The administrator appointed to run the Victorian branch of the scandal-plagued CFMEU in the wake of John Setka’s departure has suddenly resigned from the position.
Federal Workplace Minister Murray Watt has put construction companies on notice after a man was impaled in the neck by rusty steel at the taxpayer-funded $300m Centenary Bridge worksite.
The transparency of an inner-southeastern council has been called into question after it quietly installed a former CFMEU member as chief executive ahead of council elections.
The CFMEU has responded after a man suffered horrific injuries at a Centenary Bridge construction site in Brisbane’s west where he was impaled in the neck.
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