ETU in Victoria cuts ties with the ALP

In a blow against the corrupt support of the Union movement for the now very much anti-worker ALP, the ETU Victorian Branch has severed ties with the party. It will no longer donate $80,000 a year to the ALP. This is entirely appropriate given the ALP keeping of ABCC and the fact that its Fair Work Act keeps so many provisions of Work Choices in tact. The action shows up so much of the rest of the Union movement, in particular the ACTU, who have sayed silent at best in the build to the election about the anti-worker policies of the ALP which are even more pronounced under the right wing leadership of Gillard
Read more from The Age This right wing blog had the material that was handed out to the ETU members before the vote which was quite interesting.