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3. Point of information: are there no left-wing unions in Australia?

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 05:28 PM

Sep 2013

You'd think that some of them would be...or are they ALL run by Les Patterson types?

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Labor left caucus concerned over insistence on Shorten from the right [View all] Matilda Sep 2013 OP

So why are these guys so fixated on putting Shorten in the leadership? Ken Burch Sep 2013 #1

Because Shorten is ex-trade union boss (AWU), Matilda Sep 2013 #2

Point of information: are there no left-wing unions in Australia? Ken Burch Sep 2013 #3

I'm not an expert on unions, Matilda Sep 2013 #4