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31 May 05:40am

Filed under: Building And Construction Commission, Building Industry, Cfmeu, Unions

John Lloyd, the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner, is paid $400,000 a year. Could a public servant ever be worth that much?

One of the many sexy highlights from the Men of the CFMEU calendar.

Yes, when he and his role is worth a lot more than that to the Australian economy in billions of dollars of productivity gains. And yes, when the remuneration represents danger money as the Commissioner and his staff for which is responsible, have been and continue to be subject to intimidation and coercion by Eureka cross wearing thugs across worksites nationwide.

John Lloyd, a very charming but tough man, is even more remarkable as a public servant as he could have opted to keep a long term cushy IR Club job as a commissioner for many years.

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Glenn says:

12:43pm | 09/01/13

Not really. The AWU or NUW represent what the Libs want in a union; yellow bourgeois unions that don’t strike but kiss bosses arses. But I agree the CFMEU, while better then those more yellow unions, is too yellow and not nearly militant enough to be effective in the defending… Read more »
TC says:

03:57pm | 02/06/10

My 16 year old brother was beaten to a pulp for not wanting to be a union member. Both cheek bones broken from being picked up by several men who were running his head along a fence amongst other things. I really dont understand why people dont like the unions Read more »

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