He drew widespread condemnation the following year when he tweeted a photo of his children holding a sign with explicit language attacking the watchdog.His 2017 threats to "expose" inspectors working for the building industry watchdog were referred to police.He was one of the first on the scene of the 2014 fatal wall collapse in Melbourne, in which Grocon was found to have breached workplace safety law.He was the leader when illegal union blockades disrupted work on several CBD building sites being run by Grocon - action which later saw the union handed millions of dollars in fines.Mr Setka has led the Victorian branch of the CFMEU since 2012. In the last financial year, the CFMEU national office donated almost $150,000 to federal Labor. Though Labor is cutting ties with Mr Setka, it is not extending that to his union. "While I cannot control what Mr Setka does in terms of his union position, he would be doing himself and the wider union movement a favour if he were to stand down from his current role in that union." How will it affect Labor's relationship with the union? "Mr Setka should have a long, hard look at himself in the mirror and consider his position within the union movement," Senator Keneally said. Labor frontbencher Kristina Keneally said Mr Setka would do the union movement a favour by stepping down. "When an election comes, if they for whatever reason seem fit to not have me as their secretary then they won't vote for me."
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