Unions on Death Row

The Capitalist's wet dream continues in Unions on death row, says minister.

Unions face extinction unless they bend to the new workplace regime and accept individual work contracts, the Federal Government has warned.

The article concludes with:

Mr Andrews [Federal Employment Minister] said unions "definitely" served a useful purpose, provided they acted lawfully.

The translation is "do as we ask, and we might let you play in the game." The workers determine the relevance of the unions not the government nor the bosses. As long as the workers are prepared to fight, the unions prosper. When the dead hand of union bureauracy descends, then does the union start to die.

This idea of being nice is really surrendering to the bosses. The bosses are ruthless and cunning. They know that they are few. Their only hope is to divide us in order to keep us subjugated.