Original article by Andrew Burrell
The Australian – Page: 5 : 31-May-16

Six senior officials of the militant Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union have received fines ranging from $A1,000 to $A2,750 in the Federal Court of Australia. The union itself has been fined $A12,500 for breaching industrial laws by blockading a project to upgrade Perth Airport in 2013. Fair Work Building & Construction director Nigel Hadgkiss notes that the CFMEU and its officials have now been fined three times in May 2016 for breaches of the Fair Work Act.

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CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, FAIR WORK BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, PERTH AIRPORT