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'Louts, thugs, bullies': the myth that's driving Morrison's anti-union push

  • Written by Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
'Louts, thugs, bullies': the myth that's driving Morrison's anti-union pushThe most unionised occupation is teaching, the next most unionised is health care.Shutterstock

What have Scott Morrison and and Attorney General Christian Porter got in mind for unions?

The answer seems to be more of the same, more use of coercive power to make it harder for unions to fulfil their democratic functions of protecting workers and...

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