19 July 2024
RMT Press Office:
Specialist transport union RMT stands in solidarity with the Construction Division of the Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) in Australia which is facing attacks from the media and the government.
The effective shutdown of CFMEU activities in defence of its members following trial by media is an attack on an organisation committed to winning a better deal for working people.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that despite the fact that the union has repeatedly stated that it will co-operate with any criminal investigations, its branch activities have been frozen while those of the construction industry employers are not being investigated for any wrongdoing.
“Trade unionists around the world will recognise these double standards and blatant bias against organisations that defend working people,” he said.
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