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Article: Qld: AWU angry over ALP reforms
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- May 9, 2001
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AAP General News (Australia)
05-09-2001
Qld: AWU angry over ALP reforms
The powerful Australian Workers Union is up in arms over proposed reforms to the Queensland
ALP rulebook.
At a special state conference this weekend, ALP delegates will consider reforms designed
to prevent vote-rigging.
The reforms have been developed in the wake of the vote-rigging scandal that rocked
the party and the BEATTIE government in Queensland last year.
But AWU boss BILL LUDWIG says a proposal to change the affiliation rules for unions
is profoundly undemocratic.
Under the proposal, union affiliation ...