Kathy Jackson – Source: www.afr.com
Kathy Jackson, former union official for Australia’s Health Services Union, is being sued by HSU for
spending over $1.3 million of union funds on personal expenses such as fine dining, artwork, and expensive toys. Canadians have had a big win with the passage of C-377. The bill follows America’s lead in
requiring union financial transparency. Most importantly, it requires unions to report transactions that exceed $5,000 and the names of officials who earn more than $100,000 a year. On July 9th, members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers employed at the
London Underground went on strike over concerns about some new nightly services. The effect was chaos. Wired reported nearly 1,500 “congestion hotspots” and 833 miles of traffic jams. It was gridlock for 8.6 million Britons.
India’s top 11 unions have called for a
nationwide strike on September 2 to oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposition to merge 44 labor laws into 4, “a move that would simplify some of the world’s most rigid rules for hiring and firing workers.” The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption began its trial against the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union this month. So far proof has been given that the union and its officials have committed
extortion,
taken bribes,
trespassed and physically threatened employers,
lied on the stand, and
blacklisted companies.