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"Defend the CFMEU! Rank and file power"

Graff piece spotted on Bidjigal land / Sydney in support of the CFMEU labour union that has come under government attack and places into administration.

#graffiti #graff #class struggle #cfmeu #mua #etu #unionism

my union (the biggest in australia) was placed into administration by the federal government im so fucking depressed

#labour are such union busting evil hypocrites i seriously hope this goes to show that unions cant just throw their weight behind the party #and not expect to be backstabbed. like i know they WERE the workimg class party but they definitely arent now #albanese is a rabid dog who should be beaten to death with a stick #cfmeu

"They want to call us criminals because there’s some shit law designed to never let us win and fuck us over. You know what? We aren’t copping it. We’re going to fight it all the way through."

John Setka, Secretary of the Victorian CFMEU, speaking outside Trades Hall in Melbourne to thousands of unionists who, defying employer intimidation, marched in defence of penalty rates and against the war on jobs. Photos by Corey Oakley.

#john setka #cfmeu #melbourne #penalty rates #unions #ausunions #auspol #red flag #socialist alternative

The CFMEU Setup: How Workers Get Mugged in an Election Year

Imagine Sarah, nurse at St Vincents, on the Number 96 tram, Melbourne dusk bruising purple outside the windows. Twelve hours done. Her navy scrubs are faded and soft, worn to the shape of her, the way a soldier’s fatigues eventually become a second skin. She doesn’t look like someone the Herald Sun would write about. She looks like someone the Herald Sun will never notice. Her ANMF dues ping on…