The shock resignation of Zach Smith as both National Secretary and Victorian Branch Executive Officer should be welcomed by CFMEU members who have opposed Labor’s Administration.
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Administration’s strangulation of the CFMEU construction union and further attempted asset-stripping continued apace over summer, despite Admin kicking a couple of own goals.
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Some 68 skilled production and warehouse workers at CSR Gyprock in Yarraville, Melbourne, have been on strike for almost three weeks.
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Thousands of angry Brisbane construction workers walked off the job on Thursday morning, assembling outside the union’s office, where they voted for a 48-hour strike.
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The High Court has dismissed the legal challenge to Labor’s Administration of the CFMEU. But the decision only confirms what CFMEU members already knew—bad laws need to be broken.
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CFMEU Administrator Mark Irving has moved to tighten his grip on the union following Labor’s win in the federal election in May.
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More than 1500 unionists walked off the job to rally on 1 May in Sydney, including hundreds of CFMEU members.
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Rebel blue collar unions were set to meet in a “Trade Unions for Democracy Summit” as this was written, ahead of the opening of the unions’ High Court challenge to the CFMEU administration regime.
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Thousands of construction workers in Brisbane walked off the job today and marched on the Queensland Parliament.
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Tuesday’s strike and demonstration by NSW CFMEU rank and file and union supporters, in defiance of the Labor-appointed administrator, is just what the campaign against administration needed.
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