Report on Queensland CFMEU referred to police after ‘threats of violence, intimidation, misogyny’ alleged | Queensland

Findings an investigation The union, which was assigned by the administrator of the CFMEU’s Queensland branch, was directed to the police that embrace a culture that encourages and celebrates the use of violence, intimidation, women’s hostility and bullying threats ”.

The report titled Violence in Queensland Cfmeu was made by Senior Consultancy Center Geoffrey Watson. It was released on Wednesday night.

He concluded that the union made “union values ​​mockery” through the culture of intimidation under the old leadership.

Manager Mark Irving said that the reviewers met with 55 witnesses, that documents and videos were given about the alleged events and that the union received full support.

“Most of them have not been specially made and the fact that it takes so long to call is caused by the fear of suffering.

The incidents detailed in the report involved a fake bomb threat on a working site in Brisbane, to define the business site security inspectors to expose them and their families to harassment, and to intimidate many people in and outside the government, including ministers. Most of the alleged abuse, which is alleged to be detailed, were gender, including routine use of the word “cunt”.

The report said that there is an incident that is allegedly joining a site in the north of Brisbane in Brisbane in Brendale, a workplace from nearly 2022. It is said that an employee claims to hold a functioning grinder, and shouted, orum I want to take you out and take the shit out of you ”.

In another alleged incident, a workplace Health and Safety Inspector was attending the funeral of his wife’s wife when he was allegedly approached by three unknown men. Allegedly, “the video is this filthy,” he said. Another is claimed to add a “a little damn dog”.

The report says Cfmeu has recently released what he described as an inflamed video about this inspector on his Facebook page.

He also claimed to use violence and threat to the Australian Union of Labor for more industrial purposes.

“I am afraid that this investigation is only the surface of violence in Queensland Cfmeu. There are many potential witnesses and many other stories that can be explained, or he says.

Watson said that the union has been fined regularly through the courts, but the union’s personal payment orders against individual union leaders by paying a fine. He said that the Union was convicted of about 55 times more crimes than the next union.

The commitment of crimes was part of the business model with the union’s “cost of doing business” and fine.

“It seems more likely that violating the laws and getting fines will be an integral part of the CFMEU business model. He created a fear and silence between those who deal with CFMEU as an aggressive law leakage,” he said.

Irving said he would use his power to expel the members who have suffered injustice from the union and that he has potentially banned from future elections.

He said that the culture, which prevailed under the old leadership, said, “It is a violent, ruthless and enemy of women and betrayed the basic values ​​of trade unionism. Instead, justice will be a new culture based on union values ​​of solidarity and solidarity.”

Queensland Prime Minister Jarrod Bleijie said the report was forwarded to Queensland Police Service right on Wednesday night.

At a press conference on Thursday, the authority refused to release or terminate the union.

“I can commit Queenslanders, and I talked directly to Premier David Crisafullli this morning,” Bleijie said.

“We will enter the bottom. He says he draws this surface. We will learn more. We will investigate more and if necessary, we will be, [will] Legislative to make sure that workers are safe on construction sites ”.

Jacqueline King, Secretary General of Queensland Trade Unions Council, and President Kate Ruttiman apologized for the actions of the former union leadership. In 2018, the Union was separated from the summit body.

King said that the former Cfmeu leadership deeply disappointed the Queensland workers and members of our community. You disappointed the Queensland union movement. ”

Queensland workers’ leader Steven Miles said that he was “shocked and horrified in the allegations made in the report.

“I am a proud trade unionist and there is no room for the union movement [for] Such behaviors. ”

“I’m not the union movement I know and I’m a member.”

The first report was partially corrected to hide some names and personal information to önümmek Preventing reflections against assistance ”. Watson also completed a second secret report, which has not yet been announced to the government. Bleijie said the government would call a copy of it to advance its own investigations.