From Ninemsm http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8442913
Union fears for public services under LNP
The state government's public sector overhaul could undermine services in frontline areas such as child safety, a union says.
The Together Union says the state government has flagged a freeze on new non-frontline public service jobs.
Premier Campbell Newman has indicated his government will dismantle and separate the so-called "super departments" of government.
In order to save money, he has indicated a freeze on new management consultancies and says only "key appointments" in frontlines services are to be filled.
Together Secretary Alex Scott says he's concerned the state government will define "frontline services" too narrowly. (Read More Here)
Alex Scott is probably more concerned for the friends of the former Labor government who gained plum jobs simply because of who they knew.
And that sums up the managers of the modern union movement to a tee.
When Labor are wrecking the states and the nation the union managers barely say a word.
When Labor creates the mess that requires massive cutbacks by following governments union management barely say a word.
Hypocrisy seems to be their calling, no surprise though since the mission for the modern union officials seems to be safe Labor seats or plum jobs at public expense.
If Alex Scott is really so concerned why was he quiet when Labor were trashing Queensland?
Other examples here are people like Queensland Labor president Andrew Dettmer who was quiet during the repeated ALP caused cost of living increases. What he did say is he was opposed to the Anna Bligh led privatisation of Queensland government owned assets.
He finished his opposition by saying he still supported the Anna Bligh led government despite the anger of union members affected by the privatisation process.
If you supported Anna Bligh then you supported what she was doing Andrew, did someone say the magic words “safe seat” to you to get you to betray your members?
Not too many safe seats left anymore Andrew and there’s usually a waiting list.
If they said ‘plum job’ to you there’ll probably be quite a wait there as well.
Doubt there’ll be a big jump in union members in Queensland either so you’ve certainly done the union movement a disservice.
On a national level ACTU chief Ged Kearny handed a 12,000 signature petition calling for a carbon price to parliament. She hadn’t actually sounded out the union membership and by all accounts the price of living will skyrocket for everyone but the government wanted a carbon price so there she was supporting it.
How many of those 12,000 who signed were actually union members Ged?
Ged made a speech trying to justify her actions. Full of cliché’s and empty rhetoric and one key point. She admitted she’s not qualified in the field of climate change.
Not qualified to run the ACTU either, she was doing anything except the job she was supposed to do and that’s looking out for the interests of union members.
As well as Ged’s self-serving actions various union officials claim to be struggling to understand why Labor makes certain cuts and slashes of spending in various areas.
They know why. They know it’s Labors’ destructive ways that are forcing cuts. Those magic terms ‘safe seat’ and ‘plum job’ seem to be working their magic and preventing union officials from actually representing their members.
Like I said though, not too many safe seats left and the plum jobs may be a long time materialising.
You can tell they are Labor politicians in training. They seem to think the money at their disposal is actually theirs to spend how they see fit regardless of what members think such as when they sponsor some cause.
They don’t sound out what the union members when spending the members’ money and if they object the members get name calling such as racist or sexist etc.
In other words the managers seem to think they can act however they want regardless of how their members think.
They also seem to think their members will believe them when they say they are fully against the cuts even though they fully supported the actions such as the free spending and the massive borrowing that make such cuts a necessity.
If the unions are really against these cuts then they should make some noise when Labor is acting recklessly and ransacking everything to begin with and withdraw all support.
But they don’t because they aren’t against the cuts, they are only out for themselves and don’t seem to care if their members are suffering.
All this is under union supported Labor governments who after ruining things help themselves to more on the way out with massive lump sum payments and/or lifelong high paying pensions.
The LNP may now be making cuts but it’s Labor that makes them an urgent necessity. Thanks to Labor Queensland's current fiscal outlook is unsustainable and I shudder to think what disaster is waiting when the federal Labor government is turfed in 2013.
Labor is laying the groundwork for any current and future cuts. And Labor is doing this with the full support of the union officials.
Union officials support the cuts to services that have to be made because of Labor governments.
