UNIONS AND THE ALP

Last night I went to the Unions NSW general meting to hear the outgoing ALP NSW Bob Carr give a farewell speech. The content of it was rather predictable, you know, "proud to be a Labor premier", "Thanks for your support", "The Liberals hate Unions" and "the Olympics were a success because of Unions."

Of course Unions NSW didn’t mention the fact that the NSW ALP passed those horrendous changes to OH&S laws that the union movement was vehemently opposed to, though at one time this was implied. There was also no mention that the reason why the Olympic Park site was built to the government’s satisfaction was because the workers were stopped from using one of their most fundamental rights, the right to strike.

I am a Unionist through and through, and I have much respect for John Robertson (Union NSW Secretary), Unions NSW and the ACTU. But sometimes the ALP arse-kissing of the union movement really shits me, and last night was one of those occasions. Boob Carr got a standing ovation from everybody. Well everybody but me. I just sat there with my extreme disillusionment with the ALP.

Some people say the ALP are the lesser evil then the Liberals. That is true. However Stalin was the lesser evil than Hitler, but that didn’t make him a nice guy did it? Besides there is a more positive alternative: The Greens.