Militant construction union CFMEU is muscling in to represent local council workers - causing fears for ratepayers about strikes and higher wages
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Militant construction union CFMEU is muscling in to represent local council workers - causing fears for ratepayers about strikes and higher wages

Daily Mail  

A decision by a union representing local council workers to ally itself with notoriously militant construction union the CFMEU is causing fear among ratepayers about strikes, higher wages and higher rates. MUWU spokesman Darren Creswell said his members allied themselves with the CFMEU, whose Victorian state secretary is the controversial John Setka, because 'they are a militant union'. The CFMEU construction union is attempting to muscle in on wage negotiations for council workers in Victoria, and ratepayers fear it could lead to militancy, strikes and higher rates. But Tash Wark, the Australian Services Union's deputy secretary, said 'the CFMEU has no place in local government'.

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CFMEU construction arm placed into administration effective immediately, including WA and ACT branches
7 months ago

CFMEU construction arm placed into administration effective immediately, including WA and ACT branches

ABC  

The construction arm of the embattled Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union has been forced into administration effective immediately, removing 270 union officers from their mostly volunteer positions and a further 11 from their paid jobs. In a statement on Friday, he said the administration would have "zero tolerance for corruption or the involvement of organised crime or criminal elements …

Federal Labor quiet on banning donations from CFMEU's construction division amid allegations of union's criminal links
8 months, 1 week ago

Federal Labor quiet on banning donations from CFMEU's construction division amid allegations of union's criminal links

ABC  

Senior ministers are staying tight-lipped on whether political donations from the CFMEU should be banned as Labor faces pressure over the union's alleged links to underworld figures. Labor's national executive will meet as early as Wednesday to discuss banning political donations from the Victorian branch of the construction division of the CFMEU moving forward, as well as requests from state …

Queensland premier says he won't accept donations from CFMEU while southern branches are under investigation
8 months, 1 week ago

Queensland premier says he won't accept donations from CFMEU while southern branches are under investigation

ABC  

Queensland's premier has confirmed he won't accept donations or meet with members of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union while its southern branches are under investigation. The union's Victorian branch has been referred to the state's corruption watchdog following reports from Nine newspapers that alleged underworld figures and bikie gang members had infiltrated major construction projects. Steven Miles said …

Union takes aim at the NSW Labor party for its opposition to coal mining
6 years, 1 month ago

Union takes aim at the NSW Labor party for its opposition to coal mining

Daily Mail  

One of Australia's most powerful unions has threatened to derail Labor's state and federal election chances after taking issue with the party's stance on coal mining. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, which has over 120,000 members, is reportedly fed up with the NSW Labor party's track record in backing coal. The powerful trade union's NSW mining and …

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