Employees left 'traumatised' after CFMEU members stormed government building, inquiry hears
An inquiry into the CFMEU in Queensland heard testimony regarding a 2022 incident where union members stormed a government building. Employees reported feeling traumatized by the aggressive behavior of the protesters during the lockdown.
Why it matters
The inquiry sheds light on workplace safety, union conduct, and the political tensions surrounding industrial relations in Australia.
Employees at the Transport and Main Roads (TMR) offices in Brisbane were "traumatised" after CFMEU members stormed the building in 2022.
An inquiry into the CFMEU in Queensland heard staff lodged workplace health and safety claims after the incident.
TMR employees reported CFMEU members were "aggressive, shouting, jeering [and] boisterous" while carrying flags, signs and an effigy.
Link copied Share Share article A top bureaucrat has told Queensland's CFMEU inquiry he heard union members going “room to room” searching for him after they stormed a government building, forcing it into lockdown.
CFMEU members "forcibly" entered the Transport and Main Roads building on Brisbane's Mary Street and staged a protest ahead of an industry meeting on Tuesday morning, according to a TMR spokesperson.
New police body cam footage shows about 200 unionists swarming a Transport and Main Roads (TMR) industry briefing event in 2022, knocking a security guard to the ground.
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