By the way cortis, my dear, here's some info on Australian attitudes to unions you might find interesting...
The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes 2005 (AuSSA) asked a large random sample of Australians what they think about unions, and their responses suggest that unions are still a very relevant institution in Australia’s political and economic life. Nearly 60% of AuSSA respondents think that unions should have the same amount or more power than they currently do, and more than half disagree that unions should have less say in how wages and conditions are set.
More than half also agree that trade unions are very important for the job security of employees, while nearly two thirds agree that without trade unions the working conditions of employees would be much worse than they are
