#Australia: hundreds take to streets after #HighCourt allows government takeover of #union - The decision is final. I have advised members that any action is likely to be #unlawful
#unions #strike #strikes #DirectAction #CFMEU #Brisbane #CBD #MarkIrving #capitalism #corruption #exploitation #ClassWar
Australian government takeover of construction union: #union of 100,000 electrical, plumbing and postal workers disaffiliates from #ACTU due to ACTU's ties to government
https://jacobin.com/2024/10/australia-labor-albanese-construction-union
#Australia #unions #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #CFMEU #corruption #democracy #authoritarianism #UnionBusting #JohnHoward #CompanyUnions #RAFFWU #ColesWoolworths #SDA #FreedomOfAssociation #ACTU #MarkIrving #PoliceState #BLF #FairWork #CEPU #ALP #ChrisMinns #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar
When Labor PM Anthony Albanese seized control of Australia’s construction union, he claimed to be acting in union members’ interests. But leaked documents show that Labor’s handpicked administrators are paying themselves a fortune — with union members’ money.
#Australia: government installed union administrator getting $600k a year from #union funds, union members "not going to accept bureaucrats bleeding the union dry and living the high life"
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/revealed-administrators-draw-massive-wages-cfmeu-account
#CFMEU #unions #ACTU #MarkIrving #GrahameMcCulloch #EliasSpernovasilis #AnthonyAlbanese #HSRs #FairWork #capitalism #corruption #exploitation #ClassWar
John