Two former NSW CFMEU officials have been jailed after pleading guilty to pocketing thousands of dollars in bribes from a construction industry figure.

Darren Greenfield, a former NSW secretary of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, and his son Michael, a former state branch assistant secretary, pleaded guilty this year to corruption-related offences after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors.

Former CFMEU leader Darren Greenfield outside court last week. He has been sentenced to a minimum 10 months behind bars. Credit: Steven Siewert

In a decision on Friday, District Court Judge Leonie Flannery sentenced them to a minimum of 10 months and six months behind bars respectively.

The duo “used the influence of the union for their own personal benefit”, the judge

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