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'Like the mafia': whistleblower outlines union tactics

A workplace health and safety whistleblower has told an inquiry the regulator's failure to stand up to a rogue union showed a lack of leadership.

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CFMEU phoned safety boss over toilet spray, probe told

A former union boss confronted a senior public servant after phone calls about safety complaints were not immediately answered, an inquiry has been told.

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CFMEU 'threatened' rival union boss amid bitter feud

The CFMEU followed and intimidated delegates of a rival union at a $19 billion project and made threats against the life of its secretary, an inquiry has heard.

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'Go nuclear': inquiry hears of rogue union's threats

An inquiry into a rogue union has heard allegations it sought to pressure a state's peak body to indefinitely delay a piece of legislation.

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Dumping militant union 'will invite construction chaos'

An inquiry into a militant union has been described how two men ruled their "personal fiefdom" by fear, intimidation and a voting hornswoggle.

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Fund sent $511k to CFMEU ahead of criminal allegations

APRA dropped an investigation into a super fund that paid over $500,000 to the CFMEU but took action again after reports of the union's alleged criminal links.

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Government faces likely High Court challenge to its CFMEU legislation

The Albanese government faces a likely High Court challenge to its installation of an administrator into the construction division of the CFMEU.

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Afternoon Update: Greens MP fronts CFMEU protests; UN chief’s climate SOS; and the website trolling Trump supporters

More than 10,000 workers take to the streets around Australia in protest against the federal takeover of the CFMEU

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Court hits CFMEU with worksite protest restrictions

The Federal Court has placed restrictions on CFMEU workers at Cross River Rail worksites across Brisbane after industrial action flared.

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Labor suspends affiliation with construction arm of CFMEU

Anthony Albanese says the government had acted fast in taking ‘strongest possible action’ against alleged corruption

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Workers protest, call for heat safeguards after death

Construction workers have marched through Brisbane's streets demanding workplace safety action following the death of a colleague in December.

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Apprentice tradie dies after construction site fall

A teenage worker has died after falling at a Brisbane city worksite in the second construction fatality in days, prompting a union to demand a safety revamp.

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A 17 Y.O. First Year Apprentice Died After Being Injured On The Job At A Qld Construction Site

The boy's death is the third work and safety incident in the area in four days, including another death.

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CFMEU gives Queensland hurry up over developer review

A review into Queensland property developers should be expedited to tackle the "twin crises" of unaffordable housing and building insolvencies, a union says.

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Qld premier hits out at CFMEU protest

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has labelled a CFMEU protest inside a government building as disgraceful and is calling on the union to apologise.

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Union urges Qld Labor to review election

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union has urged the Labor Party to review its poor election result in Queensland.

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