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Administrators of the CFMEU are responding to warnings that violent bikies and crime figures ostracised from the union are turning on remaining organisers.
Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has joined forces with CFMEU rebels fighting the union being put into administration,prompting the government to demand she rule out taking money from embattled construction figures.
The former CFMEU boss made a speech at a delegates conference for the embattled Health Workers Union,urging them to join the rebel unions splitting from the Labor Party and broader union movement.
Labor’s decision to put the construction union into administration has triggered a revolt within a significant part of the union movement.
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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.
Government officials will hold housing crisis talks with construction bosses on Wednesday as Fair Work continues to probe dozens of CFMEU officials.
Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus says she has changed her routines,lives between different locations and has taken police advice.