Bobby. wrote Yesterday at 4:09pm:


Also, their membership is declining. Less income. Less political support. Less chance of a strike being successful. People value the right to work and reject the unions right to threaten workers with violence, call them scabs etc. They don't want to pay the unions to take their jobs away.

The unions wanted to be standover thugs who create a privileged elite who had well paying union jobs at the expense of everyone else who was denied a job. They were rightly told to f off.

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Going down in 9 out of (more than) 10 years is not increasing Greg. Unless you are a union spin doctor using members money to come up with creative ways to make unions look useful.

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/trade-union-membership/latest-release

They say a picture can speak a thousand words Greg.

Yes Greg. I can read. That is an interesting way to spin it, don't you think? How many hard work Aussie's membership dues do you think were frittered away coming up with that little bit of spin doctoring?

Stop living in the past, FD.

February 27, 2025

Union membership now stands at 1.58 million, up from 1.4 million, based on ABS data showing the biggest increase in union membership since the ABS collected this data.

greggerypeccary wrote Yesterday at 7:50pm:


Are you on the union payroll Greg? Or just drinking the koolaid? You have to be particularly dedicated to self delusion to attempt to portray membership trends as anything but a disaster for the union movement.

freediver wrote Yesterday at 7:52pm:



No - it's illegal to go on strike without permission.



Google AI:

In Victoria, Australia, it is not illegal to go on strike without permission if the action is classified as protected industrial action.  Under the Fair Work Act 2009, employees are legally entitled to engage in strikes to bargain for a new enterprise agreement, provided they have followed specific procedural steps such as holding a successful secret ballot and giving proper notice to their employer.

However, strikes that do not meet these legal criteria are considered unprotected industrial action and are effectively unlawful.  Key restrictions include:

Timing: Protected action cannot be taken before the nominal expiry date of an existing enterprise agreement.
Ballot Requirement: The strike must be authorized by a protected action ballot order from the Fair Work Commission.
Purpose: The action must be related to bargaining for an agreement; strikes over general grievances unrelated to enterprise bargaining are not protected.