The AFL-CIO from right here in the US of A has pledged support for Australian trade unionists involved in a show-down with Boeing Down Under, The Courier-Mail in Brisbane reports. http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16848830%255E421,00.html
You may recall that two members of the Australian Workers Union and union leader Bill Shorten were here last month during the Machinists strike, showing their support on the picket lines and trying to call attention to their situation. Apparently it worked.
Key Quote: “Mr Shorten has also won support from the US machinists union for his workers. The union recently settled a 28-day strike that took out 18,000 workers from Boeing, and was instrumental in opening doors for Mr Shorten to see high-level Boeing executives.”
And it turns out there’s a broader political dimension to this. The Courier-Mail says Shorten is a potential Labour Party candidate for Prime Minister, while Boeing Australia’s chairman is Andrew Peacock, the former Liberal Party PM.
Fair dinkum.
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