The FWBC is individually prosecuting more than 75 building workers for breaches committed when they allegedly participated in a strike in February last year at Perth's children's hospital construction site.
In a split decision, a Federal Court full court has held that the Fair Work Commission can grant an extension to the 30-day time limit for taking protected industrial action even where the application is made after that period has expired.
The Federal Court has ordered the CFMEU (construction and general division) and WA branch assistant secretary Joe McDonald to pay a total of $193,600 for their part in an unlawful stopwork at a Pilbara site.
The Federal Court has found that BHP Coal took unlawful adverse action when it sacked two CFMEU officials for allegedly harassing and bullying a mine worker who had resigned from the union, holding the claims against them weren't made out and the company's actions were "inexplicably harsh".
