Tens of thousands of construction workers will walk off the job on Tuesday to protest against the Commonwealth’s takeover of the construction union.
The former union boss also said he had left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “trembling” after an incident in a lift.
Industry insiders claim a scaffolding firm with a chequered past and links to organised crime was still able to secure pivotal labour deals and promotion at the highest levels of the CFMEU.
Veteran university unionist Grahame McCulloch will have to overhaul the Victorian division of the union but current national secretary Zach Smith will stay on.
A senior official at the Health Workers Union has called for the organisation to stand down its secretary Diana Asmar,warning the union’s board that the branch may be inflating memberships.
New laws to seize control of rogue union would be a picnic for lawyers,says Minister for Workplace Relations Murray Watt.
The union’s incoming administrator has pledged to root out any corrupt employers after Jacqui Lambie used parliament to air allegations of price fixing.
Labor and the Coalition put aside days of sparring to pass a bill letting an administrator clean up the disgraced construction union.
Labor is threatening the Greens with a social media offensive in marginal seats that paints MPs as puppets of disgraced CFMEU boss John Setka unless its bill is passed.
The Hakoah Club was also told that a proposed street protest could prompt involvement from pro-Palestinian activists.
The Coalition has refused to vote in favour until the bill includes a ban on political donations,while the Greens say the legislation could override the court process.