This is the way the operate. This is the Kristallnacht without the Kristal. These are the goons, the jackbooted, brown shirted, heel clipping fascists of the hard left union movement.
Remember it was ACTU Secretary Sally McManus on back in March who said she had no problem with unions breaking the law.
“…..Victorian construction union boss John Setka has threatened to reveal the home addresses of ABCC inspectors, and lobby their local shopping centres and football clubs to ensure their “kids will be ashamed of who their parents are”.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said last night she would refer the threats against Australian Building and Construction Commission inspectors to police, escalating the battle between the Coalition and the union movement.
As tens of thousands of unionists yesterday staged capital city protests against the Turnbull government, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union Victorian secretary told a rally that Australia was “built on defying bad laws” and “we can withdraw our labour anytime we like regardless of what the laws of the land say”.
Labelling the nation’s leading builders as “corrupt”, Mr Setka told 20,000 union protesters in Melbourne the ABCC inspectors were “f..kers trying to take us to court and jail us”.
“Let me give a dire warning to the ABCC inspectors: be careful what you do,’’ he said, claiming that many did not have their names on the electoral roll.
“They have got to lead these secret little lives because they are ashamed of what they do,” he said. “You know what we’re going to do? We’re going to expose them all.
“We will lobby their neighbourhoods. We will tell them who lives in that house. What he does for a living, or she. We will go to their local football club. We will go to the local shopping centre.
“They will not be able to show their faces anywhere. Their kids will be ashamed of who their parents are when we expose all these ABCC inspectors.
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Victorian construction union boss John Setka has threatened to reveal the home addresses of ABCC inspectors, and lobby their local shopping centres and football clubs to ensure their “kids will be ashamed of who their parents are”.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said last night she would refer the threats against Australian Building and Construction Commission inspectors to police, escalating the battle between the Coalition and the union movement.
As tens of thousands of unionists yesterday staged capital city protests against the Turnbull government, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union Victorian secretary told a rally that Australia was “built on defying bad laws” and “we can withdraw our labour anytime we like regardless of what the laws of the land say”.
Labelling the nation’s leading builders as “corrupt”, Mr Setka told 20,000 union protesters in Melbourne the ABCC inspectors were “f..kers trying to take us to court and jail us”.
“Let me give a dire warning to the ABCC inspectors: be careful what you do,’’ he said, claiming that many did not have their names on the electoral roll.
“They have got to lead these secret little lives because they are ashamed of what they do,” he said. “You know what we’re going to do? We’re going to expose them all.
“We will lobby their neighbourhoods. We will tell them who lives in that house. What he does for a living, or she. We will go to their local football club. We will go to the local shopping centre.
“They will not be able to show their faces anywhere. Their kids will be ashamed of who their parents are when we expose all these ABCC inspectors.
“If they think they are going to walk around and desecrate construction workers, take away our rights, and then ride off into the sunset, and there’s going to be no consequences, well, they’re in for a big surprise.’’
Addressing the Melbourne rally, Victorian Trades Hall Council secretary Luke Hilakari read out a letter of support for the protesters from Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in which he wrote “it’s time to stand up and fight back”.
Declaring the CFMEU to be “out of control”, Senator Cash said she would be “referring the matter to police given her concern about the threats to the safety of government staff”.
ABCC commissioner Nigel Hadgkiss saidhe would also refer the matter to the “appropriate authorities” as he took the “safety of my staff seriously”.
Mr Setka also accused the Australian Federal Police of being a ‘‘political police force” over its unlawful raid on the union’s Canberra offices in 2015, and described its officers as “Turnbull’s henchmen”.
Senator Cash said the conduct of Mr Setka and the CFMEU yesterday was “absolutely disgraceful”.
“The CFMEU think nothing of breaking the law,’’ she said.
“Today they called the federal police ‘henchmen’ and a ‘political police force’. They also directly threatened building inspectors and their families.”
She said the CFMEU’s “thuggery and intimidation shows why our building industry reforms are so important”.
“Bill Shorten and Labor must stop taking donations and sever ties from these thugs,’’ Senator Cash said.
Master Builders Australia chief executive Denita Wawn said the comments by Mr Setka demonstrated the union’s “brazen thuggery and its utter contempt for our community”.
“Attempts to whip up hysteria about the ABCC are one thing; threats against ABCC inspectors and their families are unacceptable, totally out of step with community standards and show why the ABCC is essential and must be maintained,’’ Ms Wawn said.
Plumbers Union Victorian secretary Earl Setches attacked the laying of blackmail charges against Mr Setka and his deputy, Shaun Reardon.
He said the government was using criminal law instead of industrial law in a bid to “take out the trade union leaders to f..k over the unions”.
“Now where I come from blackmail means you’re getting f..king money for yourself or you are blackmailing someone for your own needs,’’ Mr Setches said.
“These boys have been charged with that disgusting word blackmail, using industrial relations to fight for their union and their membership.
“It’s a disgrace and it makes me sick in the guts.’’
Raising the arms of Mr Setka and Mr Reardon as they stood before the crowd, Mr Setches told the assembled media: “Get a photo of this, you f..kers.”
Mr Hadgkiss has written to the CFMEU warning that union members faced legal action if they attended yesterday’s protests without the written permission of their employer.
But Mr Setka dismissed the threat, describing Mr Hadgkiss as a “no good for nothing oxygen thief”.
Mr Setka attacked the Andrews government over the use of non-union enterprise agreement and the employment of temporary visa workers on Victorian government projects.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/industrial-relations/cfmeu-threats-to-be-sent-to-police/news-story/0842afcafd712f420a91a404a446ac99
“…..Victorian construction union boss John Setka has threatened to reveal the home addresses of ABCC inspectors, and lobby their local shopping centres and football clubs to ensure their “kids will be ashamed of who their parents are”.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said last night she would refer the threats against Australian Building and Construction Commission inspectors to police, escalating the battle between the Coalition and the union movement.
As tens of thousands of unionists yesterday staged capital city protests against the Turnbull government, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union Victorian secretary told a rally that Australia was “built on defying bad laws” and “we can withdraw our labour anytime we like regardless of what the laws of the land say”.
Labelling the nation’s leading builders as “corrupt”, Mr Setka told 20,000 union protesters in Melbourne the ABCC inspectors were “f..kers trying to take us to court and jail us”.
“Let me give a dire warning to the ABCC inspectors: be careful what you do,’’ he said, claiming that many did not have their names on the electoral roll.
“They have got to lead these secret little lives because they are ashamed of what they do,” he said. “You know what we’re going to do? We’re going to expose them all.
“We will lobby their neighbourhoods. We will tell them who lives in that house. What he does for a living, or she. We will go to their local football club. We will go to the local shopping centre.
“They will not be able to show their faces anywhere. Their kids will be ashamed of who their parents are when we expose all these ABCC inspectors. CFMEU Threats Go To Police