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Victorian CFMEU branch placed into administration over allegations of criminal links (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 4 months ago by Baku@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fucking Setka. As always, folks, power corrupts. Unions need to be under the control of an active and engaged rank and file base.

[–] prime_factor@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Setka was pretty popular at a grassroots level though. He have enough support to win elections.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Construction companies be rubbing their hands together over the thought that the CFMEU may lose some of its power.