Rowe ordered Suleyman to return all union property to its Port Melbourne office and to not contact any branch organiser or employee without the permission of branch executives.
TWU assistant secretary Dissio Markos has been appointed acting secretary during Suleyman’s suspension, the resolution says.
Suleyman’s suspension comes amid a tumultuous period in the state’s union movement.
Powerful construction union boss John Setka resigned last month when faced with separate allegations – revealed by this masthead, The Australian Financial Review and 60 Minutes – about misconduct involving him and the CFMEU.
The Health Services Union’s Victorian secretary, Diana Asmar, is facing calls to step aside while unrelated claims against her, published by this masthead on Tuesday, are investigated. She strenuously denies the allegations.
Suleyman is the brother of Allan government minister Natalie Suleyman and a significant figure in the TWU and the right-aligned Labor Unity faction. He was appointed assistant national secretary of the TWU’s Victoria/Tasmania branch in 2021 and took over as branch secretary this year.
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Meanwhile, the Victorian government has vowed to support the Fair Work Commission in its Federal Court case to install independent administrators in charge of the CFMEU.
State Industrial Relations Minister Tim Pallas said the government supported the actions the federal government had taken to stamp out any misconduct within the CFMEU.
“We’re supporting court proceedings to appoint an administrator,” Pallas said on Saturday.