Cross River Rail’s lead contractor has delayed this weekend’s first train trip underground as part of Queensland’s biggest infrastructure project.
But the union’s national secretary,in an email to members of the construction division,forecast the Fair Work Commission would seek to put some branches into administration.
The Naked City columnist discusses the psychology of the underworld figures who have allegedly infiltrated one of the nation’s most powerful unions.
Victoria’s major road and rail projects mean we are building fewer houses,at greater expense. The construction union’s grip is affecting costs,efficiency,quality and the availability of skilled labour.
Stronger fines,wider powers and a bipartisan mandate could produce a regulator with transformative possibilities.
The government’s light-touch response to the allegations swirling around the CFMEU risks emboldening Labor’s critics.
But the former ACTU secretary says the move to overhaul the CFMEU is justified by the need to protect the interests of ordinary members.
Australia’s political leaders have wisely decided that swanning off to the Olympics during a cost of living crisis isn’t a good look.
Don’t fall for the “rogue union” bogeyman theory. There’s much more going on than there seems.
It is regretful that the ACTU has had to take steps to suspend the CFMEU,but it had no choice if it wanted to protect the interests of working people.
Jacinta Allan has vowed the government-appointed investigator will be able to speak to ministers – including herself – about claims against the CFMEU.