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America Age > Blog > World > ACTU had ‘no idea’ of CFMEU allegations, Sally McManus says as Labor govt meets to determine subsequent step
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ACTU had ‘no idea’ of CFMEU allegations, Sally McManus says as Labor govt meets to determine subsequent step

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The union boss Sally McManus says it might take years to revive the CFMEU after allegations of felony components inside the union’s building arm.

The Australian Council of Commerce Unions secretary stated that they had “no idea” of the union’s alleged infiltration and stated she and the union management would “do what’s necessary” with the CFMEU.

“After an administrator is appointed, and there’s new elections and a new leadership, there’s proper processes put in place to make sure that’s the case, we’ll want to satisfy ourselves, so we’ll interrogate that,” she stated.

“Unions are democratically run organisations and should be, and that [new leadership] should happen as soon as that union is in a position to govern itself.”

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McManus advised ABC radio RN “we know what we stand for”.

“We stand for the fact that union members deserve a union free of corruption and free of intimidation, and that everyone deserves dignity at work. We are the people who stand up for the little guy. We are not standover people. And so what will be hard about it is who we’re taking on, obviously we are now taking on powerful forces.”

Requested if she was frightened for her private security, McManus stated that had been raised along with her by others however she would “not flinch” in her response to the disaster.

McManus and the ACTU president, Michele O’Neil, have referred to as on the CFMEU to cooperate with the federal government determination to empower the Truthful Work Fee common supervisor, Murray Furlong, to nominate an impartial administrator to supervise the union.

There was pushback from inside the union, notably from the Queensland department secretary, Michael Ravbar, who accused the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, of “opening the gates of hell for workers” by taking the administration of the CFMEU out of the union leaders’ arms.

McManus stated Ravbar was behaving “a bit like Custer’s last stand” however the ACTU management would keep the course.

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The federal government has stated it can again Furlong in any determination he makes concerning the union’s administration and can change laws to allow the work to occur if vital.

McManus stated on Wednesday she believed the union might emerge stronger, citing the instance of the Well being Providers Union, which was positioned into administration in 2012 after allegations of monetary mismanagement.

On Thursday she stated that some inside the CFMEU had been “putting their own personal interests before the rest of the movement for quite a while” however the ACTU management was unaware of the allegations.

“We had no idea of … the alleged infiltration by criminal elements … we did not know this.”

The Labor federal govt was attributable to meet on Thursday to debate the problem of donations from the CFMEU building arm. The states had pre-empted the federal determination by asserting they’d droop donations whereas investigations into the allegations happened.

On Wednesday the federal office relations minister, Tony Burke, stated he had written to the AFP commissioner asking the AFP to research the allegations raised by the 9 community and to work in tandem with state police investigations.

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