CFMEU officials caught on camera placing stickers on rival’s car amid intimidation claims

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CCTV footage captured CFMEU officials secretly placing stickers on a rival union’s car, an act the AWU said formed part of a broader pattern of intimidation during a heated industrial feud.

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00:00CCTV vision played at a Queensland inquiry revealed two CFMEU officials slipping into

00:06a secure car park to place Australia's weakest union stickers on an AWU vehicle,

00:13an act the AWU said carried a darker message beyond playground antics.

00:20AWU Queensland Secretary Stacey Shinnell told the inquiry the stickers signalled

00:26we know where you are, forming part of what she described as escalating harassment throughout

00:32the Cross River Rail project. She recounted masked CFMEU members blocking access to work sites,

00:40issuing threats and surrounding union organisers, with one worker allegedly shown a weapon.

00:48Shinnell said the intimidation left her fearing for her family's safety as tensions between the

00:53unions deepened during negotiations on the 19 billion dollar rail project.

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