Kevin Reynolds was the
Western Australia
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n state secretary for the
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
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(CFMEU). Prior to this he was involved with the
Builders Labourers Federation
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in the 1970s and 1980s where he formed an association with
Norm Gallagher
Norman Leslie Gallagher (20 September 193126 August 1999) was a controversial Australian trade unionist, and Maoist who led the militant Builders Labourers Federation as federal Secretary and as Victorian State Secretary.
Early life and caree ...
.
Reynolds held considerable influence in the centre-right faction of the Western Australian branch of the
Australian Labor Party
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and is closely associated with former
premier
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A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
,
Brian Burke.
Personal life
Reynolds' partner is former
Western Australian MLC,
Shelley Archer
Shelley Frances Archer (born 15 October 1958) is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from May 2005, representing the Mining and Pastoral electoral region. A former union off ...
.
Further reading
* Bartley, John. (1992) ''Kevin Reynolds - biography of BLF State Secretary'' The B.L., March 1992, p. 25-27
* Broome Advertiser. (2005) ''Kevin Reynolds buys five-bedroom home in Broome.'' Broome advertiser, 27 October 2005, p. 5
* Flint, John. (2000) ''After 25 years it's win or bust for big Kev''.
Sunday times
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, 12 November 2000
* Kelly, Jim. (1997) ''No rest for hard man of building''. Sunday times (Perth, W.A.), 20 July 1997, p. 9
* Kennedy, Debra. (2004) ''A bark worse than his bite''. Australian, 12 April 2004, p. 4
* Reynolds, Kevin. (1997) ''A rally to remember.(Protest rally against Third Wave Industrial reforms, 29 April 1997)''. W.A. construction worker, Winter 1997, p. 4-7
See also
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Solidarity Park
Solidarity Park is located opposite Parliament House in Perth, Western Australia
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People from Perth, Western Australia
Australian trade unionists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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