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
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
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, already infamous for detoothed unions, just signed the death knell for any serious collective action in a legal sense with this one. Unions already cannot strike without express permission and a promise they won't impact economic livelihood, now they can't even grow to a certain size and power without the threat of being placed under administration.
Oh, and it was the government party supposedly made of labor unions that did this. Still waking up every day pissed off about this.