A powerful union boss who held huge sway over Victoria’s crane industry has quit amid the biggest clean-up of the CFMEU since it was plunged into administration, with up to a dozen other key officials earmarked for removal from what was, until recently, the strongest union branch in Australia.

The resignation of veteran CFMEU powerbroker Steve Long as he faced contested allegations of wrongdoing came as police swooped on another ex-union chief, disgraced branch secretary John Setka, and charged him with menacing and harassing behaviour .

Former CFMEU boss John Setka with Stephen Long at Port Melbourne Football Club in 2021. Credit: Facebook

Setka is accused of sending threatening messages to CFMEU administrator Mark Irving, KC, who has allegedly drawn Setka’s ire over several mont

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