High Court to test competition law on CFMEU ‘boycott’

The High Court will hear a major case that will test the reach of competition laws on the CFMEU and builders when they kick non-union subcontractors off construction sites.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Thursday was granted special leave to appeal a full Federal Court ruling that overruled a finding that the construction union and builder Hutchinson reached an anti-competitive arrangement to boycott subcontractors without CFMEU enterprise bargaining agreements from a Brisbane apartment site.