A thorough clean-out of John Setka’s cronies – the corrupt, the violent and all underworld figures – is needed.
at the CFMEU’s Victorian and NSW branches, captured on secret surveillance vision and tapped phone calls published by theThe rot started under Norm Gallagher’s Builders Labourers Federation in the 1980s, but continued to flourish under CFMEU boss John Setka. Hisover the Victorian branch since 2012 heralded an aggressive and crooked style of unionism, with bikies joining senior ranks and dissenters intimidated into silence.with “dog” scrawled on it at a rival union official’s home.
The next steps will be key if genuine reform is to be achieved at the CFMEU. A thorough clean-out of Setka’s cronies – the corrupt, the violent and all underworld figures – is needed. A new generation of decent unionists must take their place.It will require strong and concerted action from the federal Labor government, which ought to get some credit for its swift and effective response so far to the damning revelations.
It is evident that the CFMEU cannot be trusted to clean up its own act. It is fanciful to think that reform is possible under some other senior members of the union. A deep clean of the union will not happen overnight, but an independent administrator who can root out the seeds of corruption and transform the CFMEU into a democratically run union with good governance, proper checks and balances and strict anti-corruption rules is needed.
If carried out effectively, these efforts will shape the future of the construction union and broader labour movement for the better.– Since the Herald was first published in 1831, the editorial team has believed it important to express a considered view on the issues of the day for readers, always putting the public interest first.
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