The Hakoah Club was also told that a proposed street protest in Sydney’s Paddington could attract pro-Palestinian activists.
Already a subscriber?The crisis-plagued CFMEU threatened to target a storied Jewish community organisation on behalf of a large building firm – which allegedly has deep ties to controversial union boss Darren Greenfield – with the union also warning any protest would probably attract pro-Palestinian activists.
There is no suggestion police suspect Parkview was aware of Mr Greenfield’s alleged corruption, or that the corruption allegations against Mr Greenfield will be proved, only that the firm was willing to accommodate the union boss’s demands in return for his backing. Mr Greenfield is awaiting trial.to force the CFMEU into administration in the face of resistance from the opposition and the Greens.
Mr Greenfield, in his email, advises the school he is considering directing “an ongoing protest outside the site” and would seek to minimise disruptions to the school. Mr Greenfield justified the potential protest by saying “the CFMEU has been in discussions with the developer and the builder involved ”.
“It has been brought to our attention that there is potential for some union presence at the Hakoah site in the coming days,” the principal’s email said. Mr Greenfield’s backing of Parkview in the Hakoah Club dispute comes after separate revelations in this masthead’sseries about how the CFMEU’s NSW and Victorian branches were using their industrial muscle to favour certain companies while threatening others with black bans and, in some cases, violence and intimidation.
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