‘Imminent death threat’:CFMEU administrator targeted as union schism deepens
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‘Imminent death threat’:CFMEU administrator targeted as union schism deepens

Police have warned the CFMEU administrator of an imminent death threat,as the labour movement ruptures over the federal government’s efforts to stamp out criminality in the building industry.

  • byNick McKenzie andKieran Rooney

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Fair Work launches 42 probes into CFMEU coercion,corruption
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Fair Work launches 42 probes into CFMEU coercion,corruption

Government officials will hold housing crisis talks with construction bosses on Wednesday as Fair Work continues to probe dozens of CFMEU officials.

  • byOlivia Ireland andDavid Crowe
Black belt Sally McManus stares down safety threats from CFMEU fallout

Black belt Sally McManus stares down safety threats from CFMEU fallout

Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus says she has changed her routines,lives between different locations and has taken police advice.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Ousted WA nurses’ union boss vows not to contest ruling,calls for peace after internal ‘soap opera’

Ousted WA nurses’ union boss vows not to contest ruling,calls for peace after internal ‘soap opera’

Ousted Western Australian nursing union boss Mark Olson has vowed not to contest the industrial watchdog ruling against him while calling for an end to the “soap opera-like” internal feud that led to his removal.

  • byJesinta Burton
The Sydney hospitals overspending by $9 million a month
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The Sydney hospitals overspending by $9 million a month

Staff at three Sydney hospitals have threatened to take industrial action unless the NSW government reverses job cuts they say will put patients at risk.

  • byAngus Thomson
Union official claims ‘Asmar gang’ created slush fund to influence Labor appointments

Union official claims ‘Asmar gang’ created slush fund to influence Labor appointments

The damning claims about union secretary Diana Asmar and her close associates have been made by a senior union official.

  • byNick McKenzie
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As unions rankle government,a peace deal is brokered with firefighters. Sort of

As unions rankle government,a peace deal is brokered with firefighters. Sort of

An interim pay agreement between the Minns government and the NSW firefighters’ union is only a truce. But for a government with plenty of industrial headaches,it’s good news.

  • byMichael McGowan
CFMEU official booted from worksites after Fair Work Commission ruling

CFMEU official booted from worksites after Fair Work Commission ruling

A senior CFMEU official captured on camera allegedly making threats to kill an owner of a labour hire company won’t be allowed on worksites after a Fair Work Commission judgment.

  • byErin Pearson
Damning IBAC report exposes influence of Peter Marshall and firefighters union

Damning IBAC report exposes influence of Peter Marshall and firefighters union

Marshall asked staff at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade to gather sensitive information for him,and the union exerted unprecedented influence over the running of the fire service,report finds.

  • byKieran Rooney
George Alex’s boast:I’m untouchable because CFMEU ‘need money’
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George Alex’s boast:I’m untouchable because CFMEU ‘need money’

Organised crime boss George Alex boasted the CFMEU deemed his firms “untouchable” on building sites because union officials needed their “kickers”,according to police surveillance.

  • byDavid Marin-Guzman andNick McKenzie
‘Significant impact on patients’:NSW nurses to strike for 24 hours

‘Significant impact on patients’:NSW nurses to strike for 24 hours

The state’s health system will be brought to a standstill for the second time this month after nurses voted to return to the picket line.

  • byAngus Thomson