Matt Kean brings back building watchdog to police CFMEU
The state government will resurrect the building industry watchdog to police the militant union’s behaviour on billion-dollar infrastructure projects.
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The state government will resurrect the building industry watchdog to police the militant union’s behaviour on billion-dollar infrastructure projects.
The construction union is appealing a near-record $1.2 million penalty from the Federal Court over protests it held at a Sydney crane site.
The load of financial penalties just got a lot heavier for Australia’s construction union...
The construction union has been fined more than $500,000 for targeting a non-union crane company, sending total penalties for the campaign into the millions.
Advertisement The CFMMEU and three NSW officials have been slapped with more than $1 million in fines for intimidating a crane company in a Federal Court bid to rein in the construction unionâs âinexcusable and unacceptableâ conduct. Federal Court Justice Steven Rares found senior officials from the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union coerced Botany Cranes into reinstating a sacked delegate and signing an enterprise agreement in early 2019. Former NRL player turned-CFMMEU official Michael Greenfieldâs conduct was described as âshockingâ by t...