The Federal Court today penalised the CFMMEU and two former officials $382,800 following unlawful conduct against mobile crane company WGC Cranes to pressure it to sign a CFMMEU enterprise agreement.
The judgment comes less than a month after the Federal Court penalised the CFMMEU and senior officials more than $1 million for contraventions against Sydney crane company Botany Cranes.
In October 2018 WGC's cranes were prevented from operating at sites in Wollongong and at the Port Kembla Coal Terminal and its workers were threatened.
The company's Wollongong depot was picketed by around 40 people waving CFMMEU banners and flags and a union vehicle was used to block cranes at a Port Kembla transport yard. The vehicle was only removed when NSW police attended the site.
Several WGC Cranes' workers were subjected to abuse and intimidation and a worker's photograph was posted by the union on its Facebook page without his consent and captioned with the definition of a scab.
The Court found: "Other users of Facebook posted derogatory
