Does this offer put this issue into some sort of perspective. I don't believe it diminishes Thomson's alleged abuses, however, the impact of his actions on the union's members pale into insignificance when compared to the implications of a work choices revival on the welfare of HSU members.

http://www.news.com.au/national/bob-ellis-offers-to-repay-hsu-members-500k-allegedly-misused-by-independent-mp-craig-thomson/story-e6frfkvr-1226360457172


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Bob Ellis has offered to repay $6 to each HSU member. Picture: Renee Nowytarger LABOR figure Bob Ellis has offered to repay members of the embattled Health Services Union the $500,000 allegedly misused by Independent MP Craig Thomson. Mr Ellis has posted the offer on his blog arguing that there are 85,000 HSU members, equating to a refund of $6 each based on the findings against Mr Thomson in the recent Fair Work Australia investigation. "Since the maximum amount of HSU funds Craig might have spent dodgily was half a million dollars, and since there are eighty-five thousand members of the union, and since the money he cost each member, if he did it, was six dollars, no more than six dollars, six dollars only, I will make the following offer,'' Mr Ellis wrote. "Any union member who wants his six dollars back, will he write to me, including a photo of his union card and a stamped addressed envelope, and I will send it to him. Is that fair enough? Will that sort it out? Okay?'' Mr Ellis has previously offered to pay back readers of a post on an ABC opinion website last year but did not pay up.

So his logic is if he repays the money, the Thomson case need not be an issue anymore.

Noble, although it almost admits Thomsons guilt.

My issue with all this has not been around Thomson, to me he is the worst kind of union pig snout in the trough scum. It has always been about the members and their money.

He's effectively stolen from the lowest paid people in the country.

These poor sods do the worst jobs and are paid a pittance.

They deserve far better.

It wont get the Maggots off the hook, we want them out and we want our country back. :)

corporate_whitey wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 7:50pm:

It wont get the Maggots off the hook, we want them out and we want our country back. :)

What will it look like when we get it back, Whitey?

Big Donger wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 8:10pm:

corporate_whitey wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 7:50pm: It wont get the Maggots off the hook, we want them out and we want our country back. :) What will it look like when we get it back, Whitey?

A hell of a lot better. :P

Get out of my country Gillard you sellout traitor. :P

corporate_whitey wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 8:14pm:

Big Donger wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 8:10pm: corporate_whitey wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 7:50pm: It wont get the Maggots off the hook, we want them out and we want our country back. :) What will it look like when we get it back, Whitey? A hell of a lot better. :P

Better than what?

Big Donger wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 8:16pm:

corporate_whitey wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 8:14pm: Big Donger wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 8:10pm: corporate_whitey wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 7:50pm: It wont get the Maggots off the hook, we want them out and we want our country back. :) What will it look like when we get it back, Whitey? A hell of a lot better. :P Better than what?

Better than What these corporate maggots did with it, I'm sick of it, they did it without the mandate of the Australian people. :P

Its time for the maggot, the Spin Doctor, the Agent, the engineer and the suckhole to get out of my country. :P

Andrei.Hicks wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 7:46pm:

My issue with all this has not been around Thomson, to me he is the worst kind of union pig snout in the trough scum. It has always been about the members and their money. He's effectively stolen from the lowest paid people in the country. These poor sods do the worst jobs and are paid a pittance. They deserve far better.

This is exactly the point I was trying to make. All of a sudden Andrei is concerned about pay and working conditions, yet he will advocate individual contracts which deliver worse outcomes for these type of workers than those achieved through collective bargaining.

corporate_whitey wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 8:22pm:

Its time for the maggot, the Spin Doctor, the Agent, the engineer and the suckhole to get out of my country. :P

You are a terrible sharer, Whitey.

We do not want any other outcome from the Maggot other than he get out of my country.  We don't want him here. :P

MOTR wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 8:24pm:

corporate_whitey wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 8:22pm: Its time for the maggot, the Spin Doctor, the Agent, the engineer and the suckhole to get out of my country. :P You are a terrible sharer, Whitey.

:D ;D :o ::) :P :-* :D ;) ;D :o

Or the Maggot is a hell of a taker... ;)

corporate_whitey wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 8:20pm:

Big Donger wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 8:16pm: corporate_whitey wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 8:14pm: Big Donger wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 8:10pm: corporate_whitey wrote on May 19th, 2012 at 7:50pm: It wont get the Maggots off the hook, we want them out and we want our country back. :) What will it look like when we get it back, Whitey? A hell of a lot better. :P Better than what? Better than What these corporate maggots did with it, I'm sick of it, they did it without the mandate of the Australian people. :P

You're being very vague.

What exactly is your vision for the future?

How will it be different?

Don't take the coward's way out and say "better" ... give some detail.