As criminal acts of banks are revealed Scott Morrison decides to target unions | Sally McManus

Why aren’t new laws that stop the banks ripping off working people the government’s first priority?

There must be serious concerns about the polls because the Murdoch papers are talking about the evils of workers organising in their unions, as is the new prime minister – again.

Nothing unites the Liberal party like some old-fashioned union bashing. Tony Abbott really set the bar with the trade union royal commission (TURC). Malcolm Turnbull called an election on it and followed up with a bill designed to strip workers of training, insurance, income protection and other services they gain through their union membership.

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