ACTU is a shadow of its old self in the Keating-Kelty era
More than 40 years after his reform contribution, Bill Kelty is still regarded as an authority on the economy. Today’s union movement should take heed.
There’s a growing sense in the business community, and beyond, that the ACTU these days does little more than take the mickey.
As it was on Wednesday, when smack bang in the middle of a well-documented and undisputed productivity crisis, the peak union body announced it would “launch a major new bid to secure an extra week of annual leave for working Australians”.
