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My biggest concern about this whole saga is how long it's taken to get to this point. I worked on CFMEU sites for a decade or so (non union role) and thought it was bad then. Like absolutely transparent corruption and no one seemed to care.
Also disappointing that unions are meant to protect workers against shit conditions and bad management. Now they're becoming the monster they were suppose to slay.
The cultist mentality is pretty messed up too. Glad it's being taken care of, but I don't trust either gov party to act as administrators.
To be fair there are plenty of non-evil unions. I've found the Australian Services Union pretty good.
Yeah for real. The CFMEU is just the most prolific and loud. I'm with CPSU and they're kind of a toothless dog, but do help out when needed.
I found CPSU to be entirely useless when needed, Sadly.
I've heard they can be shit. So far they've been okay mostly for us. Hopefully I won't have to lean on them for anything.