The continuing power struggle between the RTBU's Victorian branch and the leadership of its locomotive division has again played out in court, division secretary Paris Jolly failing on appeal to prove that the union took adverse action against him because of an unsuccessful demerger attempt.
A full Federal Court has taken legislative changes into account in throwing out the UFU's bid to quash a FWC full bench finding no terms had been agreed between the union and Fire Rescue Victoria upon which to base an intractable bargaining workplace determination.
The FWO has launched a court case seeking penalties against former CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch secretary John Setka and the union for allegedly attempting to coerce the AFL into sacking its head of umpiring, former ABCC commissioner Steve McBurney.
The Federal Court has rejected embattled HSU No 1 Victorian branch secretary Diana Asmar's bid to stay FWC general manager Murray Furlong's prosecution of her for alleged "cashbacks", after she failed to establish a criminal trial is "on the cards".
In a decision that highlights the primacy of open justice in the workplace tribunal, the FWC has rejected a bid to permanently suppress a proposed union's "rambling" and "intemperate" written submission that makes scandalous allegations against the ANMF and its leaders.
The Federal Court has refused to make interim orders staving off RTBU Victorian branch resolutions directing its locomotive division to stop doing business with former divisional secretary-turned-consultant Marc Marotta, who is also servicing a breakaway union urging members to make the switch.
The HSU has appointed former NUW national secretary Charlie Donnelly as interim administrator of the HSU Victorian No 1 branch, after the Federal Court restrained embattled branch secretary Diana Asmar from carrying out her duties.
