BLUE COLLAR WORKERS – AUSTRALIA

Unions try to fathom loss of workers’ vote

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 21-May-19

Analysis of voting at the federal election indicates that the labour movement needs to do a better job of communicating with working-class voters, following Labor’s shock loss. BCG Gamma has found that electorates with households with a median weekly income of more than $1,800 preferred to vote for Labor rather than the Coalition, as were electorates where more voters had a higher education. Union leaders suggest that working-class voters steered away from Labor over a range of issues, including its proposed changes to negative gearing and its mixed messages on the Adani coal mine. The ACTU is tipped to review its $10 million ‘Change the Rules’ advertising campaign in the wake of the election.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, BCG GAMMA, ACTU, ELECTRICAL TRADES UNION, VICTORIAN TRADES HALL COUNCIL

Coalition better for well-paid unionists

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 15-May-18

Research suggests that many blue-collar workers on high salaries will be better off under the Federal Government’s tax plan than under Labor’s alternative proposals. Workplace Minister Craig Laundy contends that families will definitely be worse off under Labor’s tax plan. For its part, Labor claims that low and middle-income earners will do better under its tax plan than under the Coalition. Although stating that 90 per cent of its members earn more than $A100,000 a year, Electrical Trades Union official Troy Gray says its members would do better under a Labor government.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF JOBS AND SMALL BUSINESS, ELECTRICAL TRADES UNION, AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS COMMISSION, ACTU