Queensland Premier Steven Miles will not meet with any CFMEU officials,and Labor will not accept their donations,while the union is under a “cloud”.
When John Setka and his band took control,muscle became everything – no matter where the muscle came from.
A construction company battling CFMEU standover tactics wrote to top Labor politicians detailing their trouble and offering proof.
The union’s national body wants policymakers and the public to think it’s taken a strong step. It hasn’t.
Alongside tolerance there has been indulgence,hubris,gratitude (for massive donations) and a lack of political will.
Nick McKenzie has quizzed Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan after an investigation by this masthead,AFR and 60 Minutes sparked a construction industry crisis.
It took a long time for the CFMEU to be rid of John Setka. Now it finally is.
The day before his 19th birthday,the young man went to his first day in a new job. He was bullied,humiliated and locked in a shed.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has threatened deregistration if the union doesn’t clean house.
Two officials threatening a labour hire operator at a construction site
A months-long investigation into the CFMEU has uncovered infiltration by bikies and organised criminals,intimidation and allegations of corruption.