The Real and Ugly Face Of Unions in Oz

[lisa jones]

http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplac ... ygfpt.html

[lisa jones]

CFMEU NSW faces fines of more than $2.4m for Barangaroo strikes

The national construction union faces unprecedented fines of more than $2.4 million for unlawful industrial action on Sydney's Barangaroo building site.

CFMEU NSW boss Brian Parker has been issued an individual fine of $45,400 and his colleague Robert Kera, who the court heard had described Australian Building and Construction Commission inspectors as "f---ing dogs", was handed a $41,250 penalty.

Mr Parker and Mr Kera are also among officials referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for possible criminal prosecution for allegedly giving false evidence. The judgement noted evidence that Mr Parker's failure to recollect was likely to be an unwillingness to be fully frank.

The union was also ordered to pay for prominent advertising in two Sydney major newspapers to make its members and the public aware of their actions and fines.

The union's national office was fined $1.32 million and its NSW branch $956,250. Fines for other individual officials ranged upwards of $3000.

The Federal Court has found the union officials coerced workers into unlawful strikes on July 24 and 25 in 2014 that saw about 1000 construction workers walk off the job at the $6 billion Barangaroo project.

[lisa jones]

During the height of the dispute, union officials were reported calling Lendlease employees "dogs", "lower than a paedophile grub" and latte-sipping "soft c---s".

Federal Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash said the lawless industrial strikes at one of the largest construction sites in the southern hemisphere involving 1,000 workers had demonstrated the militant union's disregard for the law.

"Recidivist, militant CFMEU officials continue to believe the law does not apply to them," Senator Cash said.

"Enough is enough – Bill Shorten must immediately and unreservedly cut ties with what has become Australia's most notorious union."

In his judgement, Federal Court judge Geoffrey Flick said the CFMEU was a "recidivist" offender and had "long demonstrated by its conduct that it pays but little regard to compliance with the law and indeed has repeatedly sought to place itself above the law".

"It is difficult, if not impossible, to envisage any worse conduct than that pursued by the CFMEU," Justice Flick said.



NOTICE WHICH CLAYTONS POLITICIAN IS IN THE THICK OF ALL THIS?

YEP.....SHORTARSE!!!!

WHAT A FUCKING DISGRACE!

[cods]

Cash was scathing in the Senate yesterday wong sat there with her head down couldnt even look at her...

the left should all hang their heads in shame...

[Rorschach]

Here's a Union face for you...

[J o h n S m i t h]

more anti union crap from the retards. We already wasted $50m on this witch hunt for nothing.

some people just never learn

[sprintcyclist]

During the height of the dispute, union officials were reported calling Lendlease employees "dogs", "lower than a paedophile grub" and latte-sipping "soft c---s".

Federal Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash said the lawless industrial strikes at one of the largest construction sites in the southern hemisphere involving 1,000 workers had demonstrated the militant union's disregard for the law.

"Recidivist, militant CFMEU officials continue to believe the law does not apply to them," Senator Cash said.

"Enough is enough – Bill Shorten must immediately and unreservedly cut ties with what has become Australia's most notorious union."

In his judgement, Federal Court judge Geoffrey Flick said the CFMEU was a "recidivist" offender and had "long demonstrated by its conduct that it pays but little regard to compliance with the law and indeed has repeatedly sought to place itself above the law".

"It is difficult, if not impossible, to envisage any worse conduct than that pursued by the CFMEU," Justice Flick said.



NOTICE WHICH CLAYTONS POLITICIAN IS IN THE THICK OF ALL THIS?

YEP.....SHORTARSE!!!!

WHAT A FUCKING DISGRACE!

yes, the cfmeu have been bad to the bone for a very long time

[Rorschach]

LOL.... dopey.... yet cases are still before the courts and many unions are being heavily fined.

[J o h n S m i t h]

LOL.... dopey.... yet cases are still before the courts and many unions are being heavily fined.

you mean the cases are being thrown out of court, one by one.

[Rorschach]

can't use google eh dopey...


Unions fined $430,000 over strikes - The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplac ... xoiu9.html

3 Aug 2017 ... Illegal strikes involving about 600 workers at three major Queensland government projects have resulted in two construction unions being fined ...
Construction union faces 11 more Queensland lawsuits, after ... -...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-04/c ... 2372Cached

3 Aug 2017 ... After the construction union was fined $300,000 for unlawfully strikes at Brisbane building sites, the ABC can reveal it is facing another 11 ...
Latest penalty takes CFMEU fines past $10m mark | The...
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/quee ... 5bce7ab01a

3 Aug 2017 ... FINES slapped on the CFMEU smashed through the 10 million barrier yesterday after the Federal Court lashed out at the militant union and ...
Unions, including CFMEU, AWU, AMWU and officials fined for...
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victor ... c73479900d

11 Apr 2017 ... THE AUSTRALIAN Building and Construction Commission has scored another win over unions after a court found strikes at the Australian ...

and on and on and on it goes....