CFMEU Forestry & Furnishing Products Division

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The CFMEU Forestry & Furnishing Products Division is a section of the CFMEU is the main union covering employees in the forestry, wood processing and furnishing industries.

The forestry division of the CFMEU has 18,200 members across the country. [1]

In July 2007 the CFMEU attempted to be joined as a part to a legal case over a major pulp mill proposed by the Tasmanian forestry company, Gunns. In a last minute application the CFMEU, which has only 525 members in Tasmania, 492 of which are employed by Gunns, sought to intervene in the case. The application was rejected. [2]

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  1. "[http://www.cfmeu-forestdivision.com.au/ Welcome to the CFMEU Forestry & Furnishing Products Division]", accesed July 2007.
  2. Matthew Drummond, "Union fails in bid to join Gunns case", Australian Financial Review, July 3, 2007.