Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
and again, for the record. this is what i believe unions should be there for, and am glad that unions exist.

the wankers im talking about having nothing to do with the actual benefits of the workers, they are just angling for political positions and rim jobs from the media.
I agree. Once they gave the nod to the Accord nonsense in the 1980's their days of being for the workers was well and truly over.
Although, the unions were not exactly friendly towards Whitlam either so the shift to the right / neo-liberalism by Unions has been around quite a while.