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Tell the Tele what you thinkBy Paddy Crumlin MUA National Secretary
The rabid right wing ideologue Piers Akerman has been let loose by the Daily Tele for some serious wharfie bashing.
So close to life was the ABC series on the 1998 waterfront war Bastard Boys that a war of words not unlike that used against working families of the waterfront in the lead up to the dogs on the docks has erupted once again. Akerman runs off the same old tirade of abuse from allegations of union corruption to claims of wharfies pilfering our war effort, bludging, poor crane rates and rorts. His column is abusive, false and hysterical in line with his sycophantic and toady support Akerman has for everything John Howard and his union bashing, anti-worker government stands for. So let the Tele know what you think. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21742277-5001030,00.html In particular our right wing ranter draws on the memoirs of Henry (Jo) Gullett's who he describes in glowing terms for his service to the country during the war. What Piers fails to mention is Henry was, like his dad before him, also a minister under the Menzies Govt and as much a right wing crusader as a true blue digger. Indeed as a Menzies man his allegations about wharfie rorts are as likely to have about as much veracity as the porkies told by the PM John Howard's general during the waterfront war - Peter Reith. Remember the bit about crane operators only doing two hours up the crane and getting $100,000 a year. Pity no one mentioned that the driver got down to work on the ship's deck before getting up for another couple of hours hard yakka. But then a wharfie $100,000 doesn't sound much in the scheme of things these days, does it. That's about as much the boss of Mac Bank earns in one day. Tell the Tele: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21742277-5001030,00.html But remember one thing - The big end of town would not be getting the heavy artillery out if they didn't think they were losing control of government and the coffers come the election this year.
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