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23 November 2001 |
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Letters to the EditorUnionism and the ALP - a Workers View.
Always have been always will be a union activist , but will I have much company? Unknown endlessly unknown. Always have been a Labor voter took the ALP instead of food as one of 8 surviving children of a railway fettler, will I have more than 37.5%of the nation as fellow travellers in the future?, not ever without change. I remember Chile and Allend,e I even remember Bowral surrounded by Fraser's forces , yes I know the le''ts concerns I shared them all. I look at the bleak prospect of one world and know in time it will be one world government and guess who?. But I also know Mr Average has views not of the left [thank god] and not even Labor [sadly] good old 60% voter has views too he/she wants coppers to spend less time making a quid out of drugs and more time putting crims inside. He/she is offended by Indonesian sponsored rusty old boats arriving or sinking near our shores,full to the brim with queue jumpers . She/he asks that we do not endlessly get down on our knees to say sorry for 200 year old crimes we did not commit, [ but given half a chance would openly cry if they knew of the Australian sponsored child abuse and neglect in our true Aussie communities]. She /he would not know the news paper headlines neglect to say the child of 14 who left a country mission to steel a car had one day in school ,lived in a house that had no meal time no love no future , only that he stole a car was news worthy. Mr 60% would ask why not take that child away to educate , assist, mentor, save from a hellish life? the left would scream but not roll in with an answer to WILL MONEY ALONE EVER SAVE OUR TRUE AUSTRALIANS CAN WE SUSTAIN THEFT OF TAXPAYERS FUNDS ENDLESSLY? AUSSIE BATTLER? the bloke with a weekender in foster a home in Sydney two cars and kids in private school has become the symbol of a battler. Have you ever had mashed spuds and pumpkin for tea ,then the skins for breakfast?, I have ,in 1955 as a ten year old , my dad who schooled me in my honest work honest pay and vote ALP by this time did anything to get a job ,then it came the railways we eat again was his words that's a battler. Now for today, I too work for the state government dad would not be pleased , Carr's government took it to the wire tried to not fix problems in my workplace but entrench them !selling its own peoples jobs to shonky contractors blindly heartlessly using the hilmer report a wet dream AND IN TIME HE WILL no public ownership at all?. Unions using peter reith take unions to industrial courts? Dad would not believe it but he died at 54 years of age , stuff he used to kill grass killed him!. One big union? A Christmas pudding that would look like a dogs lunch but unions turn members away with views they can not share drop the comrade comrades its outdated rubbish!. Why cant we have a $30 fee for unemployed or students who want to get involved and have protection? .Why not? We could start our officials off early and get better service, delegates are just as good if they are young and unlike me can spell[ can someone put me on to a dyslectic spell check so it will understand what I want to say?]. I want my party to not wait till government slips up to win elections, to have polices they are proud of , I want today to be the first day of the election campaign we win in a landslide I want government tears on that Saturday night, I demand a victory we earn. Howard's socialism for the rich capitalism for the poor , will in time bring only a few defectors back to us. Simon crean says[ Simon says?] he will get further away from unions? How much further can the ALP GO?. Carr leaves no doubt it's a very long way indeed! . But we the unions are the founders of this party , both us and the party need to move toward the people we claim to exist for a third way ALP in government can do far more for us than true believers forever in opersition Belly
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