Unions not irrelevant, Joe Hockey is: Bernie Banton

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Channel: yrawma · 2007 · News & Politics

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James Hardie asbestos victim Bernie Banton responds to Joe Hockeys claims the unions are irrelevant. "Where was Joe Hockey when we were fighting against James Hardie, he was nowhere to be seen? Without the unions' support and their absolute total commitment to getting that deal done, we would not have a deal for all those thousands of future victims. We haven't got the conditions we've got today because some nice boss came along and said 'we like the look of you'. We've got it through absolutely hard yakka by the union movement and they have stressed all along that that's what they're there for."

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