The Stink

The Health Services Union (HSU) has been suspended by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). They say they have a ‘zero tolerance’ on corruption and had to make this tough call on the HSU.

In response to this issue Gillard spins through by pointing at workchoices as something much worse than anything you could imagine the unions performing.

Yet it was the HSU that negotiated away certain wage entitlements in the last collective bargaining agreement for those in my profession. It was worse than anything workchoices could have done. It infuriated many.

The HSU is on the nose to say the least. That is why the ACTU is distancing itself from the stink. It’s what most would do. Yet Gillard remains close to the stink by defending Craig Thompson, the former HSU secretary at the heart of the problem.

Eventually Gillard will begin to stink as well. That is if she doesn’t stinketh already.

UPDATE:  Here's what Messrs Bolt and Ackerman have to say on the subject