The construction union has been told to pay over $75,000 for insulting workplace safety inspectors and police, but an industry watchdog has said the penalties are insufficient.
The Federal Court penalised the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and its two officials $75,600 (US$54,300) for verbally abusing a WorkSafe Inspector and Victoria Police officers in a 2019 dispute at the site of Melbourne’s $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel Project, a flagship project of the Victorian government.
