Two weeks after taking on the toughest job of his life, Mark Irving says the union’s problems are worse than have been publicly reported.
The administrator of the scandal-plagued CFMEU has warned that corruption and coercion infecting its ranks is even worse than publicly reported while vowing to pursue both dishonest unionists and employers who have contributed to a culture of fear and intimidation in the industry.that the “monumental” and “massive” task of tackling the infiltration of bikie and underworld figures into the union and broader building sector was “going to be the hardest job of my life by a long shot”.
“They’ve been nowhere near close enough. They’ve been ineffective in this space and they need to be better,” he said. Cecala said disgraced union boss John Setka and some of his union allies had started “believing their own bullshit and become too powerful in their own minds”. During his exclusive interview, Irving not only repeatedly stressed his union credentials – he is a long-term member of the Australian Services Union and a former delegate – but highlighted his reform and investigative powers would extend to building companies as well.
“This is not going to be a process in which the hard-fought-for conditions which members have battled for over the course of decades are going to be stripped away.”Two high-ranking ex-NSW CFMEU officials are facing serious bribery charges, while Derek Christopher, the now former Victorian union boss who was set to replace ex-secretary John Setka, stands accused of taking kickbacks from major building companies that employ union members. Christopher and the two NSW bosses deny all wrongdoing.
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