Mining union stops meeting to prevent members being poached

FEDERAL Court judge John Snaden has ruled in favour of the mining division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union in its application to stop a meeting of the national executive of the union in a growing war between the union’s construction and mining arms over member poaching.

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There was a dispute between the two divisions concerning the allocation of members.

The national executive is dominated by the construction division and the mining division claimed its members would be poached if the meeting had gone ahead on Friday.