By Paul Karp
Move is seen as bid to pressure Dan Andrews to guarantee unions’ rights and representation in the party
A group of Victorian unions has escalated a threat to take legal action against the federal Labor party over its intervention in the Victorian branch following allegations of widespread branch stacking by former state minister Adem Somyurek.
On Monday the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union’s Victorian branch – which is lead by John Setka – issued a statement on behalf of five unions warning they “are considering legal action against the ALP national executive’s intervention … ahead of meetings with Victorian premier Daniel Andrews”.
Source: Victoria unions prepare legal action against federal Labor party over extraordinary intervention
