Construction union slapped with $1.5m fine over Barangaroo strikes in 2014

Federal court hands down a further $190,000 in penalties to senior CFMMEU officials

The construction union has been fined $1.5m and its senior officials another $190,000 over unlawful strikes at the Barangaroo South site in Sydney.

The full federal court imposed the penalties on Friday – a record for proceedings brought by the government’s building regulator – after 1000 workers walked off the job in July 2014.

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