Manufacturers Seek to Walk From Union Amid AFL Grudge

The manufacturing division of the CFMEU wants to walk, with a bill set to be voted on in Parliament next week.

Members of Victoria Police stand outside the CFMEU Office in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 21, 2021. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Friction between the Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) and an AFL boss has helped prompt a bill being put to Parliament that would allow the manufacturing division of the CFMEU to de-merge.

Victorian CFMEU boss John Setka called on the AFL to sack its umpire boss Stephen McBurney over his former role as the head of the construction watchdog the Australian Building and Construction Commission.