Matt McCarten's Wet Dream
Writing in today's Herald on Sunday, Matt McCarten, tells where Labour gets its money from. What matt really wants though is for unions to fund his comrades in the Green Party, so we could have more "pro-worker policy." Hat Tip Rodney Hide
Yet the trade union movement still puts all its eggs in one basket. Its dedication in providing funding and resources for Labour's election victory last year was impressive. I know two unions alone put six-figure sums into Labour's campaign. That's not counting the thousands of union campaign helpers provided on the ground.
While the union movement has cordial relationships with the Labour Party, it misses the reality that they no longer have a party that can govern alone. The two-party system has been replaced by MMP's multi-party system. They have to learn to count.
If the unions had given an equal amount of resources to the Greens last year, the Greens would have won at least one more seat. This would have ensured Labour would have accepted them into Cabinet. The Greens have constantly supported pro-worker policy; their inclusion in Government would have strengthened policies that help workers.
Yet the trade union movement still puts all its eggs in one basket. Its dedication in providing funding and resources for Labour's election victory last year was impressive. I know two unions alone put six-figure sums into Labour's campaign. That's not counting the thousands of union campaign helpers provided on the ground.
While the union movement has cordial relationships with the Labour Party, it misses the reality that they no longer have a party that can govern alone. The two-party system has been replaced by MMP's multi-party system. They have to learn to count.
If the unions had given an equal amount of resources to the Greens last year, the Greens would have won at least one more seat. This would have ensured Labour would have accepted them into Cabinet. The Greens have constantly supported pro-worker policy; their inclusion in Government would have strengthened policies that help workers.
posted by Trevor Loudon at
3/19/2006 11:23:00 AM
1 Comments:
"The Greens have constantly supported pro-worker policy."
They can't be pro-worker AND anti-business. It's an economic and social impossibility.
It's as silly as saying a Family Court psychologist is pro-children and anti-parents yet their ideas will somehow advance the situation in everybody's interests.
The Greens are not working in the best interests of employees. No way.
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