Union extortion claims fuel row
Fresh claims of abuse of power by the CFMEU have spurred Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten to square off over an early poll.
Fresh claims of abuse of power by the CFMEU have spurred Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten to square off over an early poll.
The building regulator is targeting firms that collude to “black ban” non-union labour.
The militant construction union says it hasn’t had enough time to prepare for today’s hearing in Canberra.
The CFMEU has accused the trade union inquiry of unjust treatment ahead of three weeks of hearings from today.
Two union officials have been barred from entering construction sites as the industrial relations umpire clamps down on permits.
Coles will be forced to pay $15m more to casual workers after the industrial relations umpire tore up an enterprise bargain.
Coles supermarket will have to pay its 17,000 casual workers as much as $15 million more a year in wages.
Bill Shorten has faced claims that AWU deals he made created a “serious conflict of interest”.
Bill Shorten has been forced to defend payments of several hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to the AWU and two firms.
A Federal Court judge says the CFMEU should stop paying its officials’ fines when individuals are found to have broken the law.
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