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Landmark labor-union cartel case will be reviewed by Australia's top court

By James Panichi ( August 8, 2024, 05:31 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s highest court took the unusual step today of agreeing to review a competition case centering on whether a construction company that succumbed to boycott threats by a labor union entered into an illegal cartel agreement when it hired a union-approved subcontractor. The High Court of Australia announced it would review the appeal brought by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission against J Hutchinson, a construction company, and the Construction, Forestry, Maritime and Energy Union, a militant union. The outcome could affect other cartel cases that are now before the courts.Australia’s top court took the unusual step today of agreeing to review a competition case centering on whether a construction company that succumbed to boycott threats by a labor union entered into an illegal cartel agreement when it hired a union-approved subcontractor....

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