http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-10/union-officials-accused-of-taking-bribes-from-labour-hire-firm/5248242
I must sadly report the link tells the truth.
And explain the construction of building and such is no go area for more moderate unions.
BLF Plumbers union and CFMEU are the owners of such sites/unions with coversage.
I for years here have called for ACTU intervention in this area and the criminal elements leaching of workers who are in those unions.
We should have/could have done it our selves that is the union movement.
My constant warning blind obedience to that blind word solidarity was harming us.
Let no Labor voter/member challenge my love, mixed with despair of both movements.
We now face 12 months of sneering and too, know many even in our unions, think we covered this up.
Why must we fuel conservative fires by refusing to act internally against dirt bags who in truth share none of our caring for workers culture.
I have the deepest pain that folk with say Foxys views in this matter have forced a Royal Commission on a mission, to harm us more, on us.
Know those dirt bags running Labour hire are more than often ex union officials drawing up under paid conditions thieving from? the workers they once represented!

Honestly Belly, you never know who your friends are and you consistently gather snakes to your bosom as it were.

On the forum you take advice from treacherous Green Left and from bent 'Progressives'. Because they say they are your friends and flatter you occasionally.

Labor should never, ever, be beholden to the Greens. They have shown consistently that they do not share the same values and they will snatch the bat and belt you wih it repeatedly. Brown eyed Bob Brown used to give that sly smile and while pretending to reach out to Julia Gillard, was shoving pineapples up her rear end. He was far more corrosive to Labor through his treachery and deliberately ill-timed whiteanting than the LNP's open criticism that could be dealt with at face value.

As for the International Socialists aka Fabians aka 'Progressives' who have taken over Labor and used the whole organisation for their own agenda of global control by international Socialism, they too found it easy to direct your (speaking of you and other Labor supporters) attention at 'conservatives' and 'Abbott' while displacing you. Goodness knows how you all still fail to recognise what the corporate world would see every day as an angry takeover (of your Labor enterprise).

Paul Howes looks good because he has in his fingernail more of the traditional (the 'Progressives' use that word as a slur) values, concerns, remedies and direction of Labor than Little Willie Shorten would ever dream of. Shorten is another of the 'Progressives' who puts himself first all of the time. A weak man and highly ambitious, he is shown up as superficial and frivolous by Howes.

A question, does Little Willie Shorten ever have an idea that is his own, or is it always to be 'Whatever she says'? Perhaps his M-in-Law Quentin Bryce might take on the Labor leadership after she is done being GG. Little Willie Shorten marries well, but he is simply not there and not to be trusted when the hard yards have to be gained. More a skirt man to be watched, most men would say.

I came back to explain my self, and as a side ask both my detractors and supporters to review the silly charges above.
Then consider what our future here is if such, so clearly wrong barbs are used so often.
In naming Foxy I had in mind a few things I need to say, she is a great Lady and my friend.
She has over her years come to support Labor, I think.
But so very often takes to easy way around, even nice way, Labors troubles and in this thread that of Unions.
There is no easy way!
That is the group cuddle lets shout solidarity and do nothing way!
I DEMAND an end to trying to make criminal filth look like working class hero's.
And too both groups appoint a cleaner to take the rubbish out in the future not use the Murdock press/and Tory,s to do it to us! yes to not for!

Hi Foxy,

Like many other contributors, I've missed you over the past couple of weeks :( I hope you are okay ? Please take care and come back to us, OLO needs positive and generous contributors like you. And Lexi too ;)

Love,

Joe

Joe lets hope.
Foxy warned us she may not return and her health has not been good.
We need every Foxy we can get

This morning the polls have hit the ALP hard.
And Shorten has come up short already,after such a start the question must be asked.Can he lead Labors reform while so entrenched in the controlling right/union movement.
My words here saw some in both party and Unions damn me.
But the truth will not be hidden.
Without acceptance that some unions,some within others have let down both party and membership.
We could and should have lead the crowd in seeing them charged and convicted.
WE lacked the guts, not Howes but Shorten,to this point,looks a fool in his trying to be an Ostrich while the country see,with 20/20 vision the true filthy actions of some.
We now will get the Royal Commission,I welcome it,a faction within my party thinks voters are fools.
And the resulting damning evidence will force the reforms on us party and unions, who avoid at all costs, including the welfare of those we exist for.
It places its childlike chant solidarity forever as a protective shield between a very much aware and unhappy public and the filth it wants to hide.