The bitter split within the union movement over the CFMEU being placed into administration came to Parliament House and the High Court on Tuesday.
Electrical Trade Unions’ boss Michael Wright has left the door open to the union backing the Greens at the next federal election, potentially costing federal Labor a million-dollar donation to their re-election campaign.
About 200 members of the ETU, CFMEU and other unions gathered outside Parliament House on Tuesday to protest and listen to fiery speeches as a giant, inflatable “fat cat” and “dirty rat” were buffeted by winds on Federation Mall.Wright told the crowd allegations against the CFMEU had led to the union having its basic democratic rights stripped and a “trial by media”.
“We’re not donating to Labor, we have made that crystal clear. We’ve also made crystal clear Peter Dutton is a threat to our members’ jobs. So how are we going to campaign to protect our members’ jobs to protect their future? That is what we need to figure out,” he said.Asked if he welcomed the Greens’ opposition to the deregistration of the CFMEU, Wright said the party had “been on the right side of history” for industrial relations during this term of parliament.
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