Police have warned the CFMEU administrator of an imminent death threat, as the labour movement ruptures over the federal government’s efforts to stamp out criminality in the building industry.
Administrator Mark Irving, KC, has been warned by police that they have uncovered credible intelligence of a threat designed to undermine his efforts to clean up the union and industry.The development came as disgruntled construction unions on Wednesday laid out their blueprint for a split from Labor, moving to hold a summit to review millions of dollars in political funding and consider setting up a rival to the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
“The administration sets a worrying precedent for all unions. If a government can legislate outcomes for one union, then all unions are at risk.” In the Wednesday statement, the National Building Industry Group of Unions shared their “outrage and condemnation for the forced administration of the Construction and General Division of the CFMEU by the Albanese Government”.
At a separate gathering in Melbourne on Monday, construction industry leaders met federal Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Senator Murray Watt. Housing Industry Association managing director Jocelyn Martin said the blueprint could shine a light on the current business environment, which had allowed the CFMEU to conduct its activities.
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