Bikie Gangs in Hard Hats: A Warning Bell for Labor's Building Industry The recent revelations at the Queensland inquiry into the Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union (CFMEU) have shed a disturbing light on the infiltration of bikie gangs into Australia's building industry.
The Comanchero gang, notorious for its involvement in organized crime, is suspected of seeking to build a construction empire through union backed front companies and by infiltrating CFMEU ranks.
The evidence presented at the inquiry suggests that the Comanchero gang has been using its connections within the CFMEU to secure enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs) with companies linked to the gang.