Tens of Thousands Rally After CFMEU Placed Into Administration

Thousands of workers across Australia halted work and took to the streets to protest the federal government’s decision to place the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union’s (CFMEU) construction division under administration. A few hundred gathered at Woden Town Square in Canberra, where Zach Smith, the national secretary of the CFMEU’s local division, declared this was not the end of the union. “This union is as strong as ever and it will continue to be as strong as ever. After administration ends, there will still be a tough, strong CFMEU if you stick by the union, defend the union, stick by your workmates, don’t walk away, and hold your values and principles true. This union, the CFMEU, is here to stay,” he told protestors on Aug. 27....