corpses unshackled: hsu ends labor

Shame on Labor and the Unions for their corruption.


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Is this a (vain) attempt to distance Labor from the ugly, ugly allegations against the union and its national president Michael Williamson, the senior vice president of the Labor Party?:

THE Health Services Union has cut its ties with the Labor Party following weeks of revelations of alleged financial irregularities in the union.

The HSU East branch of the union, which takes in NSW, Victoria and the ACT, took the decision to disaffiliate from the ALP at a meeting of the union's council this morning.

And:

Health Services Union president Michael Williamson has refused to step down after a union meeting today after NSW Police formed a strike force to investigate alleged "inappropriate practices".

National secretary Kathy Jackson says the HSU branch's decision is a "joke" that compromises the police investigation. She says the branch's "representative body" set up to liaise with the police includes "two friends and long-term colleagues of Mr Williamson, elected on his ticket". The lawyers nominated to oversee cooperation with the police allegedly :include a long-standing driking mate of Mr Williamson".

Jackson adds:

What does Mr Williamson have to hide from the truly independent investigation I propose?

Jackson said "Williamson refused to answer a question for councillor Kate Wilkinson whether he had received a credit card from Communigraphix or John Gillelande as alleged in the press".