Our reporting in the Building Bad series,now acknowledged with a Gold Walkley,came after work over 18 years by investigative journalists.
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.
The damning claims about union secretary Diana Asmar and her close associates have been made by a senior union official.
Victoria’s building industry is facing a potential shutdown that would put more pressure on Big Build projects.
The barrister tasked with investigating allegations against the CFMEU has released scathing findings about the union.
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.
Victoria Police says it has looked into 20 allegations of criminal activity within the CFMEU,with one investigation under way,a man charged and another assessment ongoing.
“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.
A large union has vowed to quit the ACTU as the CFMEU crisis exposes rifts over the treatment of the embattled union.
A rally appearance by the former CFMEU boss is a challenge to federal and state governments as they attempt to reshape the troubled union.