SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE FROM GS 8/7/13: Some corrections below.
It is sad that no - one seems to have commented on the amazing article below in The Oz. ex Saturday I guess that there are too many other news... scams....
GS
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 1:25 PM
Subject: congrats Joe Kelly of The OZ
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It was the dumbest of union quotes and the best of parodies - apologies to Dickens.
- On any intelligent analysis the headline alone should prove that unionists / extreme leftist ones at least - are stupid: or at least more stupid than anyone has the right to be! I refer to this interesting concept / right that I have conjoured whereby I postulate that all leftist ideas are at best silly; at worst... well, read on!
- Look with care at his pathetic euphemising the greatest fraud made by governmetal Ministers in history: ''...of a federal take-over of the NSW branch of the party to address cultural and structural problems.
- THERE! THE CROOKS COULD NOT BE BLAMED BECAUSE IT IS IMBEDDED IN THEIR CULTURE! AND THEIR STRUCTURE - whatever that means! This will be Craig Thompson's defence - I am told. But Craig only ripped off hundreds of thousands - not hundreds of millions of Dollars!
- Look at the end quote: they now BELATEDLY seemingly have have powers to expell corrupt officials! Wow! this is yet another example proving that unionists were not and probably broadly are not are not bound by common law! ASTONISHING!!
- How about a ''Labor ombudsman'' - I guess someone who has insight into the arcane rules by which unionists can still break the law!!? They need a ''LABOR OMBUDSMAN'' - with implications too absurd - to bring repute to union morality?
- TO ENSURE THAT THE CRAIG THOMPSON AND EDDIE OBEID DISASTERS CAN BE BETTER HIDDEN - DEFACTO 'LEGALLY'?
- Let me see if I get this right: look at #4 #5 #6 above: jusdt what do they think they need an ombudsman / person for? SO THEY KNOW WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN CRAVEN SELF INTEREST - INIMICAL WITH THOSE OF THEIR MEMBERS' INTERESTS - AND PLAIN FRAUD??? Is that why they need an Ombudsperson for?
- Even these pathetic formulas of legality have to be ''imposed'' on them by Rudd! And why is Rudd doing it now? Because he is in election mode!
- What a pathetic lot of imbeciles - if any of the above is unreasonable - someone will sue me, right?
- Wrong! They cannot. But I challenge these people to do their worst.
Congrats to the Journalist Joe Kelly! For plainly understanding matters union.
Geoff Seidner
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ACTU warns against reform as a proxy for curbing union links
THE ACTU has hit back at a new push by senior Labor figures to weaken union influence, warning party reform must not be used as a weapon to beat up on the union movement.
ACTU secretary Dave Oliver told The Weekend Australian that reforms to modernise the party were "a good thing" following Kevin Rudd's announcement of a federal take-over of the NSW branch of the party to address cultural and structural problems.
However, Mr Oliver warned against using party reform as an excuse to attack the union movement or downplay its relevance in the 21st century.
"Some people in the Labor Party are using the process of party reform to have a go at the role of unions," Mr Oliver said.
"The truth is, unions speak for the interests of around 60 per cent of the Australian workforce.
"Unions have faced up to the challenge of modernising to remain relevant, to grow and to represent the interests of working people." The ACTU cited figures showing that almost four million Australians were on collective agreements, 1.5 million were on the award or the minimum wage and two million were paying union fees.
Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association national secretary Joe de Bruyn said yesterday he would not support any move to reduce union representation at state conferences from its present level of 50 per cent. He said that trade unions spoke for numbers that were far in excess of the total Labor Party membership.
"The union representation in the Labor Party is . . . a fundamental part of the whole structure of the Labor Party and it ensures that it is going to represent the views of working people who are its primary electoral base," he said.
Chris Bowen backed the Prime Minister's initiative, saying it was a good and necessary change.
"The Prime Minister made it clear that this is something that's important to him and this will be an ongoing process. I've previously laid out some ideas on reform of the Labor Party. That's not my focus this week, my focus is my role as Treasurer. But I want a Labor Party which is modern, inclusive and large," the Treasurer said.
During the week Mr Rudd promised "zero-tolerance of corruption" and outlined changes to be imposed on the NSW branch.
The changes included new powers for the branch to expel corrupt members; a ban on property developers becoming Labor candidates; an independent review tribunal to resolve party disputes; the right for members to appeal against decisions to the courts; and the appointment of a Labor ombudsman to hear complaints.
