John Cummins (1948 – 29 August 2006) was an Australian labour leader. From 1972 onwards, Cummins was involved with the Australian Building Construction Employees and

Builders Labourers Federation The Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) was an Australian trade union that existed from 1911 until 1972, and from 1976 until 1986, when it was permanently deregistered in various Australian states by the federal Hawke Labor government and some ...

, better known as the B.L.F. He was the last Victorian secretary of the BLF, and then became the Federal President of the new "super-union", the CFMEU. ( Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union). He was twice jailed for contempt of court after ignoring court orders not to visit his members on building sites. Cummins died of cancer following a year of illness. He was survived by his wife Diane and their sons, Mick and Shane.

References

External links

* http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org/archives/946 1948 births 2006 deaths Deaths from cancer in Victoria (state) Trade unionists from Melbourne {{Australia-bio-stub