Unions Inc.

Brad Norington (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2016
Melbourne University Press (Verlag)
978-0-522-87033-6 (ISBN)

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Kathy Jackson was hailed as a heroine for blowing the whistle on the million-dollar fraud of Michael Williamson, the corrupt boss of the Health Services Union. While remaining steadfast in this very public ordeal, she endured bitter personal attacks from enemies in the Labor Party and the union movement. But what if Jackson was just as corrupt as Williamson? Or worse? This is the real HSU story: the unbelievable misuse of the union dues of some of the lowest paid workers in Australia.

The HSU scandal is more than a dark morality tale marked by high drama and farce. It exposes deep problems at the heart of the union movement and the Labor Party: tribalism, nepotism, a misplaced sense of entitlement and the abuse other peoples’ money. Together they are an intoxicating mixture and provide a ripe environment for corruption on a grand scale.

Brad Norington has more than 30 yearsexperience as a journalist writing for The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald. He was The Australian’s Washington correspondent during the first term of the Obama administration then chief reporter in Sydney, where he tracked the real story behind disgraced corruption whistleblower Kathy Jackson and her partner Michael Lawler. He has written extensively on politics and industrial relations, and is the author of several books.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.07.2016
Verlagsort	Carlton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 231 mm
Gewicht	470 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Arbeitsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-522-87033-3 / 0522870333
ISBN-13	978-0-522-87033-6 / 9780522870336
Zustand	Neuware