CFMEU construction and general division administrator Michael Crosby has expelled former Victorian branch secretary John Setka for his alleged "shameful" misappropriation of union revenue and diversion of it to his own companies, but the former leader rejects the claims as "absolute bullshit and lies".
The Albanese Government should revisit the Fair Work Act's prohibition on multi-employer bargaining in the construction industry, because it is a major hurdle to tackling corruption and misconduct in the sector, the CFMEU's administrator said today, advocating for industry-wide rather than solely union-focused reform.
RTBU Victorian branch secretary Vik Sharma says the State union will come together "for the first time" as a united team after his supporters resoundingly defeated the incumbent tram and bus divisional leadership in a recent ballot.
Emma Kingdon, a former ACTU national campaigns director and CFMEU Administration executive officer, is set to replace Michele O'Neil as president of the ACTU.
A labour supplier has failed to win costs against the AWU, after claiming that a PALM scheme worker had not authorised the union to file an unfair dismissal claim that it ultimately discontinued.
FWC GM Murray Furlong has begun prosecuting former senior CFMEU construction division Victorian branch officials - primarily president Rob Graauwmans - for allegedly authorising payment of more than $300,000 of union funds to printing companies to benefit ex-HSU leader Diana Asmar as she campaigned for re-election.
FWC general manager Murray Furlong has started an investigation into whether John Setka, the former Victorian branch secretary of the under-administration CFMEU construction and general division, has flouted stringent "anti-avoidance" provisions that might lead to imprisonment by making threats against those now running the union.
The Federal Court has pushed FWC general manager Murray Furlong's prosecution of Diana Asmar back to next month and asked to her to provide a neurologist's report to ascertain whether she "is capable of managing her own affairs in the proceeding".
