“I think unity is one of the most important things … you’ve got to sit down and talk with them to take them back,” former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty said.
The Electrical Trades Union plans to donate to the Greens in protest at Labor’s takeover of the CFMEU as former Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Bill Kelty urges his successors to resolve their differences with the wealthy rebel divisions.
“I think unity is one of the most important things … you’ve got to sit down and talk with them to take them back,” Kelty told this masthead. “Don’t allow the fragmentation, principle number one.”“For the most part the union is not about those things, so it’s a matter of drawing the line and having all the union members not in favour of drug and bikies and corruption and kickbacks.
Union sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, confirmed the Electrical Trade Union will be donating to the Greens because its members believe the CFMEU takeover has weakened crucial union safety and pay protections on worksites. The ACTU remains open to accepting the CEPU back if it decides to rejoin, O’Neil said. She predicted no other union would leave.
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