Earl Setches
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Earl Setches is an Australian Trade Unionist.[1][2][3][4]
He is associated with the trade union that covers Australian plumbers, known as the CEPU; of which he is the national assistant secretary. Within that union he is the federal secretary, and Victorian state secretary, of the PPTEU division.
Career[edit]
Setches is known for being a political ally of Bill Shorten, within the national right-faction of the ALP.[5][6] Shorten assisted Setches politically in 2015 after a branch-stacking scandal emerged in the press regarding the use of gift cards to pay for ALP memberships on behalf of the union.[7]
In December 2022 Setches made headlines after a physical confrontation with another trade unionist at a Christmas party function hosted by Maurice Blackburn.[8] The other person involved in the confrontation was Mem Suleyman, who prior to the incident had cut Setches and other political allies out of power-sharing arrangements with other Labor factions.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Millar, Ben Schneiders and Royce (28 March 2016). "Bill Shorten ally Plumbers Union boss Earl Setches in Labor numbers rort". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Rooney, Kieran (12 December 2022). "Plumbing union Earl Setches accused of headbutting Transport Workers Union assistant secretary Mem Suleyman". Herald Sun.
- ^ "Chairman's Lounge ban looms for Labor MPs". Australian Financial Review. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Rundle, Guy (18 December 2022). "A very Labor Christmas: the alleged headbutt, the plumber, and the tip-truck union". Crikey. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Millar, Ben Schneiders and Royce (28 March 2016). "Bill Shorten ally Plumbers Union boss Earl Setches in Labor numbers rort". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
One of Bill Shorten's closest political allies has inflated his union's membership levels in an apparent bid to boost the union's clout in the ALP and prop up the opposition leader's dominant right faction.
- ^ Rooney, Kieran (12 December 2022). "Plumbing union Earl Setches accused of headbutting Transport Workers Union assistant secretary Mem Suleyman". Herald Sun.
Mr Setches, a close ally of Bill Shorten and his right-aligned grouping has been cut out of a power-sharing deal between other Labor factions which includes the TWU.
- ^ Schneiders, Ben; Millar, Royce (26 November 2015). "Labor to 'cover up' branch-stacking scandal". The Age.
- ^ "Plumbing union Earl Setches accused of headbutting Transport Workers Union assistant secretary Mem Suleyman". www.heraldsun.com.au.
THE head of Victoria's plumbing union has been accused of headbutting another influential union official at a Christmas party.
- ^ "Plumbing union Earl Setches accused of headbutting Transport Workers Union assistant secretary Mem Suleyman". Herald Sun.
Mr Setches, a close ally of Bill Shorten and his right-aligned grouping has been cut out of a power-sharing deal between other Labor factions which includes the TWU.
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