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The NSW Branch of the CFMEU General and Construction Division has an estimated 5,000 members and the Victorian Branch around 9,500. [citation needed] In August 2010, the CFMEU donated over $1.2 million to political activist group GetUp! to pay for TV airtime for a women's rights ad-spot condemning Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party. [22]
The CFMEU would go on to merge with the Maritime Union of Australia and the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia in 2018, forming the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU). [11] The MEU formally withdrew from the CFMMEU in 2023 to form the Mining and Energy Union.
Section 346 of the act prohibits persons taking adverse action against another person because that person has engaged in 'industrial activity' within the meaning of s347. The CFMEU sued under the Act, asserting that BHP Coal had acted in breach. At trial Jessup J held that BHP had dismissed Doevendans in breach of the act.
The only conviction of a union official from the process was a CFMEU staff member, sentenced to a $500 good behaviour bond after he accidentally disposed of documents that could have been requested by the commission. The documents were later found to be irrelevant to the commission. Five union officials had charges dropped or were found not guilty.
During the course of the riot, unionist Davie Thomason, of the CFMEU, took the podium at the official rally with a bloodied face and spoke while shaking a police riot shield, saying to cheers from other protesters: [2] [T]he CFMEU and other organisations from the construction division, 100 of us have got into our House.
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John Cummins (1948 – 29 August 2006) was an Australian labour leader. From 1972 onwards, Cummins was involved with the Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders Labourers Federation, better known as the B.L.F. [1]
Jacinta Marie Allan (born 19 September 1973) is an Australian politician serving as the 49th and current premier of Victoria since 2023. [1] She has been the leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Bendigo East since 1999. [1]