Our reporting in the Building Bad series,now acknowledged with a Gold Walkley,came after work over 18 years by investigative journalists.
The ACTU is set on changing the regulation of worker surveillance,calling for a national AI authority that co-ordinates with government to protect workers.
Police have warned the CFMEU administrator of an imminent death threat,as the labour movement ruptures over the federal government’s efforts to stamp out criminality in the building industry.
Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus says she has changed her routines,lives between different locations and has taken police advice.
The claim is revealed in court documents as part of the case to have the Victorian branch of the Health Services Union placed in the hands of an administrator.
An internal fight over a safe Labor seat in Melbourne has spilled into public view as union-backed candidates go head-to-head.
Two weeks after taking on the toughest job of his life,Mark Irving says the union’s problems are worse than have been publicly reported.
“I think unity is one of the most important things … you’ve got to sit down and talk with them to take them back,” former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty said.
The union will redirect all funds earmarked for Labor Party donations towards fighting the Commonwealth’s takeover of the CFMEU.
The CFMEU is delusional in claiming the rallies around Australia are about solidarity.
The former union boss also said he had left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “trembling” after an incident in a lift.