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John sorry the sda did not look after your interests properly it is about 15 years since I retired. It I have never been involved in selling out union members. .was only a union delegate at times.
But unions are imperfect like the catholic church because they are comprised of faliable human beings. But that doesn’t mean all unions are bad
Umm, Mick Q do you want to look at the Vic ALP Government and the cozy deals it does with the Unions – not all in favour of the workers either. Same with ‘same work same pay’, I agree with the principle but in practice there is a reason employers use agency staff and the long term affect may be to reduce competition as smaller businesses decide not to take on additional orders because the cost of agency staff makes it uneconomic so bigger companies who can absorb the cost get the work.
The reality though is you are 30 years out of date. From the start of Keating onwards Labor have become more and more a party of educated professionals – in part because the only place unions seemed to hold steady was in the public sector. I also find a lot of the left are obsessed with things like the dole and minimum wage rather than improving the lot of the median worker. Not saying the Libs are any better but at least they have a coherent story to tell – improve conditions for business, increase productivity and that increases wages.
The drip down theory does not work takes a long time to fill a pool and some one soon turns off the tap
I have always been pro good unions. Pro social justice pro government intervention
Pro internal alp democracy… if that is 30 years out of date so be it. Issues of the min wage and the level of income support are very much about social justice
Is it possible or likely that Hollie Hughes runs for Hunter in this election?
She lives in Sydney according to the Liberal website. Don’t think Hunter residents would appreciate a parachute.
@aa she’s listed as the senator for hunter which is why I suggested the same thing