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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Michael Parris

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Union attacks building watchdog over abandoned prosecution - Caught on Camera

CFMEU officials and members wave flags during a picket outside the Huntington apartments development site in Honeysuckle Drive in October last year. Picture by Marina Neil

The main construction union has resumed its attack on the integrity of the federal building watchdog after the agency published details of a court case against picketers at a Newcastle work site.

The Newcastle Herald reported on Thursday that the Australian Building and Construction Commission had launched legal action against the CFMEU and five union officials who allegedly yelled "f---ing scabs" and "dogs" at workers crossing a picket line at a Honeysuckle building site last year.

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