The merger of the nation’s two most militant unions could be torpedoed after the Coalition proposed new laws subjecting union amalgamations to a tough public interest test.
…Australian Mines and Metals Association chief executive Steve Knott suggested the merger between the CFMEU and MUA would not pass the proposed test.
“It’s hard to believe an amalgamation of two of the most self-declared militant unions, the MUA and CFMEU, could be in the public interest. These unions publicly and proudly commit to breaking the law,” Mr Knott said on Monday.
Click here to read the full article published in the Australian Financial Review on 21 June 2016.
