‘They have to stop’: Labor threatens jail for CFMEU officials
Heavy penalties await officials who try to interfere with an administrator tasked with cleaning up the militant union.
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CFMEU in court amid overhaul bid
The boss of the controversy-plagued construction union has attended court as the Fair Work Commission seeks to hand over the union’s reins to an independent administrator.
CFMEU in court amid overhaul bid
The boss of the controversy-plagued construction union has attended court as the Fair Work Commission seeks to hand over the union’s reins to an independent administrator.
‘Their threats aren’t veiled’: Qld’s top construction bosses scared for CFMEU revenge attacks
Some of Queensland’s biggest property developers say the “dangerous” CFMEU has sent costs skyrocketing and damaged productivity – and are living in fear for retaliation.
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Powerful union slapped with almost $1m in fines
THE South Australian chapter of one of the nation’s strongest unions and its members have been fined almost $1 million for multiple workplace law breaches across Adelaide building sites.
Work grinds to a halt as union marches
ABOUT 1000 unionists have downed tools on construction sites and marched on Queensland Parliament to protest over saftey issues, and they promise it is “only the beginning”.
‘Turnbull’s attack on unions backfired’
AS the government considers amendments to its construction industry bill, the CFMEU has claimed Malcolm Turnbull’s popularity drop is a direct result of ‘union bashing’.
‘Union thuggery worst breach of law’
A BRISBANE construction union official behaved like a “thug” when he turned up at a worksite, with a judge calling his actions nearly the worst he has seen for a single breach of industrial law.
‘I’ll f***ing bury it down your throat’
FORMER CFMEU boss Dave Hanna was today directed to go to mediation over charges that he acted improperly by threatening a worker at a Brisbane site.
Probe into union ‘protection racket’
CONSTRUCTION companies are allegedly colluding with the CFMEU, allowing it to “dictate” which subcontractors secure work, in a pattern the industrial watchdog says is of “grave concern”.
Union organiser fined $12k for breaching court order
A UNION organiser has been fined $12,000 for breaching a court order by threatening to “go to war” with the management of an Adelaide building site.
Setka defiant amid $3.5m Grocon payout
UPDATE: CFMEU secretary John Setka says he won’t resign despite the union paying a $3.55 million legal bill to Grocon, but says there are “some regrets”.
Union backs mandatory drug tests
THE CFMEU has changed its policy and now wants drug tests on all work sites due to its members’ concerns about colleagues under the effects of drugs such as ice.
East West works crackdown
LEAD developer for the controversial East West Link has been put on notice to comply with new strict State Government construction industry guidelines.
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