Tens of thousands of trade unionists took to the streets around the country to demonstrate their opposition to Labor鈥檚 new anti-Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union law.
Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU)
The week Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris pledged to continue to support Israel, thousands continued to protest Labor's support for the genocide in Gaza. Isaac Nellist 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
Labor鈥檚 new laws appointing an administrator with absolute dictatorial powers to run every branch of the Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union is the most serious attack on a union in living memory, argues Sam Wainwright.
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Despite claims of corruption and so-called 鈥渋llegality鈥 in the Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), Labor's new laws is aimed at nobbling one of Australia's most militant unions that has managed to protect the health and safety of workers in the very dangerous construction industry.
Labor failed to pass its anti-CFMEU bill after the Coalition withdrew its support, arguing it was not strong enough. Sue Bull reports.
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