Thanks for the article. I knew the ABCC was evil but I had no idea how bad. I voted for Rudd to abolish Workchoices and I am still waiting.

Billie

My take is that Rudd is keeping about 95% of workchoices, while giving the impression he is abolishing it.

One of my previous articles addresses that. Or it might have been in a local Canberra giveaway called City News. (2 articles in City News in fact, one around 10 July and one around 28 February. The Australian printed part of the 28 Feb article in late March under the heading left falling out of love with Labor,(or some such) and had a companion extract from Rundle.)

Gday passy nice to see another unionist standing up for a fair go.
I am from another one but this is infamous.
Already a national firm is warning its workers if they leave work, do not come to work, on Friday they will be reported to the ABBC!
I think Julia must understand a trend has stated, NSW Labor is handing office to conservatives for a great many years.
Not an ice blocks chance in hell of this team winning.
If Labor federally sends this man to prison?
Right now we are in the calm before the storm send this bloke to prison and we are no longer a true ALP no freedom to run riot just fairness Mr Rudd.

According to this media release the Rudd Government is looking to abolish the ABCC by 2010:
www.mbawa.com/getfile.aspx?Type=document&ID=9468&ObjectType=3&ObjectID=1709

It is a PDF file so I hope the link works.

We can hope that continued pressure from Business Groups will not see this much needed reform put in the too hard basket.

Pelican yes Rudd intends to get rid of it in 2010.
In fact that is the year most IR reform comes into play.
But this Friday, far too likely a unionist is likely to be sent to prison.
For what great crime?
Would we stand idle if it was anyone else?
Sent to prison for a very minor crime, if any at all?
On that day car thief's will be sent home with a bond ,many the second or third one.
This is not about some phantom evil unionist.
It must be confronted the ALP won an election on its different IR policy.
Right now the power house of the party has its back turned on its own rank and file in NSW.
No way around it, without near instant change NSW is a graveyard for Labor.
Next week? if a unionist is sent to prison for such?
Human rights are no less under threat on this issue than in any country in the world, next weeks headlines are yet to be written but may signal more pain for the party.

My understanding was that the HowRuddistas are not going to abolish the ABCC but roll its functions from 1 January 2010 into Work Fair Australia. Changing its name is not abolition.

And to pelican I can only say that the rate of deaths and injuries has gone up on building sites since the ABCC and Rudd's laws (inherited from Howard) began stopping unions organising on building sites to protect and improve safety standards.

What do a few more lives matter when there's profit to be made?