The AMWU has responded to the continued loss of Australian manufacturing jobs and falling union membership by making 11 officials redundant in Victoria and NSW over recent months.
CFMEU officials led negotiations with concrete companies to set uniform pay and conditions for commercial construction work in the ACT, the Heydon Royal Commissionheard today.
The owner and director of a formwork company in Canberra paid $135,000 to a CFMEU lead organiser in 2012 and 2013 to win contracts, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
A labour hire company and the AWU's national office paid for staff for then national secretary Bill Shorten's campaign to win the federal seat of Maribyrnong at the 2007 federal election, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today in Sydney.
The TWU has defended its handling of "questionable conduct" by two former secretaries of its WA branch over the purchase of two $150,000 "luxury utilities", which has been investigated by the Heydon Royal Commission.
Fair Work Commission Vice President Michael Lawler says he has been under "enormous and sustained personal stress" since 2011, due to legal proceedings and media reportage involving his partner, former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson.
Former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson is now an undischarged bankrupt, throwing doubt on the civil proceedings in which the union is seeking to recover about $1.3 million.
HSU Victorian No. 1 branch general manager Kimberley Kitching completed tests required to gain entry permits for officials in early 2013 with the "knowledge and authorisation" of branch secretary Diana Asmar, the Fair Work Commission found today.
Fair Work Commission Vice President Michael Lawler was involved in a 2012 discussion with NSW police about their investigation into the HSU, according to an affidavit filed with the Federal Court.
The HSU's long-running case to recover about $1.3 million from former national secretary Kathy Jackson is set down for trial from June 29, after the Federal Court rejected a last-ditch application for a permanent stay.
