The ACTU is set on changing the regulation of worker surveillance,calling for a national AI authority that co-ordinates with government to protect workers.
Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus says she has changed her routines,lives between different locations and has taken police advice.
Five years ago,the head of Australia’s union movement demanded Setka’s resignation. What happened next allowed him to not only survive,but thrive.
Three sources familiar with conversations inside the government and union movement said NSW Supreme Court Justice Stephen Rothman was among candidates being discussed as a potential administrator.
Union officials have vowed to fight “to the ends of the earth” against federal government moves to appoint an administrator to oversee the scandal-plagued CFMEU.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had “panicked and soiled himself over some unproven allegations”,according to Queensland CFMEU boss Michael Ravbar.
Will Labor look after households or protect its friends in the union movement? One way to tell will be whether it forces tainted officials out the door.
The fallout from our investigation into the powerful construction union began on Friday,when long-time union boss John Setka resigned,before the first story had even been published.
A police camera hidden in the ceiling of the CFMEU’s Sydney office allegedly captured NSW construction union boss Darren Greenfield being passed a $5000 bundle of cash.
The move is an attempt to cauterise the political damage over revelations of underworld infiltration into the scandal-plagued construction union.
Alongside tolerance there has been indulgence,hubris,gratitude (for massive donations) and a lack of political will.