Unions & IR
CORRECTNESS: Offended Muslims cited as reason for Liquor, Hospitality & Miscellaneous Workers Union name change to “United Voice”
One of Australia’s biggest and oldest unions is changing its name from the Liquor, Hospitality & Miscellaneous Workers Union, partly because they claim the name is offensive to Muslims. Insiders tell VEXNEWS the rebranding exercise will cost the union in excess of two hundred thousand dollars.
Documents filed with Fair Work Australia and obtained by the famed VEXNEWS Investigations Unit confirm [pdf] that the LHMU will shortly be known by the more politically correct “United Voiceâ€.
The union has very diverse coverage from croupiers to childcare workers and its name stems from the amalgamation of the old Liquor & Allied Trades union and the Miscellaneous Workers Union.
The application filed with Fair Work Australia claims that “the word ‘liquor’ is not in common usage and is offensive to Muslim members, some indigenous members and members in childcare and aged care.
It further claims that the word “miscellaneous†is difficult to spell and has a “pejorative†(negative) association for many members. Presumably they’d struggle to spell ‘pejorative’ if they couldn’t figure out ‘miscellaneous’. And we’re not sure the old lion of the Misso’s Martin Ferguson would even agree that it’s different to pronounce.
The documents reveal that the union engaged the services of “communication consultants†to help dream up a name that would cause less offence to Muslims, the indigenous and sensitive childcare workers.
The end result: “United Voiceâ€
Those friendly with the union tell VEXNEWS the union leadership has wanted to re-brand for some years to something more attractive in marketing terms than a stodgy old acronym (the LHMU) and that the lawyers’ arguments to Fair Work Australia commissioners are designed to get them to agree and are not necessarily because the union has been taken over by politically correct labour history scholars. An overwhelming majority of those on LHMU decision-making bodies supported the change. They have no current plans to re-brand Christmas as Festivus though.
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I’m outraged. Changing the name is nothing but a homophobic reaction designed to repress my sisters rights to congregate together and…. Oh wait.. Sorry my mistake. I thought you were talking about something else.
*cue mtr style self righteous tardy outrage*
Yes I understand how they must feel. It took me a long time to be able to speel missalaneous. So I am a slow learner but what the heck. I can still pull the birds (as long as their IQ is lower than mine).
What about Hospitality and Service Workers Union (HSWU) instead. United Voice sounds like a political slogan not a unions name and tell you nothing about the workers it represents
united voice, if only the wogs and nips could speak english like the big black boys
I can appreciate the idea that the word is pejorative, but are the unionists too stupid to spell `miscellaneous’? And how is the word `liquor’ not in common usage – we have a `liquor licensing’ system and the Liquor Control Reform Act.
This is ridiculous.
Obviously someone consulted the same wankers that came up with the names “One Path” and the “Greater Western Sydney Giants”
Kool Mints are the big thing today. They should put that in their name.
‘Miscellaneous’ is too hard to spell? FFS, the Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union was established in 1916. Several generations of union members – probably more than a few non-English speakers among them – were able to cope. And that was in the days before spellcheck!
Muslims should not work in the hotel environment if they don’t drink. Should practise what they preach and create their own jobs if they’re so into their own religion and not change our way of life.
If the Muslims dont like it here,they know where they can go!
Oh well, seems lots of unions change their names, HSU Victoria changed their name to HSUEAST, in the hope that people thought they were a new union and not part of the corrupt Victorian branch. Did not work
I used to belong to this union because i am an alcoholic who did lots of odd jobs. Where are my miscellaneous rights at work!!??
I nearly spilled my beer when I saw this!
This is reflective of the idiocy that dominates the Victorian State ALP.
Next thing you will discover is the Kentucky Fried Chicken changed their names so as to appease white people who could not spell
It’s already been renamed to KFC – the word ‘Fried’ was thought to be unhealthy. #myth
So ‘miscellaneous’ is difficult for union members to spell. Says it all, really.
UV huh??? I always thought it was carcenogenic.
Bloody muslims! Are they running this country? I’m sick of the minority suck hole do gooders appeasing these blood sucking parasites. Get this country back on track and tell these mulsims to tow the line or leave!
And by the way Tony, only because your brain is so small, it is ‘toe’ the line, not tow. If you are going to be so stupid, best to practice in your bedroom first, no one enjoys seeing a grown man make a buffoon of himself in public
Where has all the fun in life gone?
They were known as the ‘Missos and Pissos”, now we’ll have to think up something else.
Hanrahan,
How about the Muzzies and the Pussies?
Let them ruin their name with cheap marketing ploys. They are plenty of real unions to join.
Andrew, can I wrestle you this year during Festivus celebrations?
@The Prodigal Sun: Thats why all the bosses scared of them!!!
@Wendy.
Well done, we all know how clever you are. Lefties are always clever.
We bow down to your righteous pendanticism. It really adds to the discussion.
Every year Festivus is celebrated in Wangaratta, Australia at Drage Airworld. Popular local bands play including The Smacky Boys…
This is what happens when you have a weak leadership run by academics who learnt Unionism at University. Another nail in the coffin for what was once a good Union that delivered.
Another good reason to flush my ALP membership card with tomorrow’s morning stinking dirty dump.
Thanks ‘not red’, appreciate your kind words and support. It is a sad reality that many of you Libs are so ignorant and Ill informed. Maybe paying attention at school would have helped. Is that why you vote for Abbott, because you are easily fooled and led astray by floppy eared simpletons?
Wendy, speak for your pompous self.
Seeing a grown man make a buffoon of himself is fabulous free entertainment.
Besides, where else can you apply the word “buffoon”?
Wendy is a dumb slag with a huge inflated sense of self importance.
soooo tired of the muslim intimidation in this country! when will people wake up – if you slag off christianity, its called freedom of speech, if you slag off muslims its world war three
Ah islam the religion of “lets take offence at everything we can possibly imagine and watch the infidels suck up to us” – australia is now officially the land of the stupid!
Jeez er indoors is on to what I’ve been up to with Wenchy, ‘Percy’ this is another fine mess you’ve got us into, that dopey blonde bimbo Wenchy is still on me back about campaign funds as well – so much for a peaceful sunday, I might go and hide up at Don’s on the green wedge.
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Thanks Rob. I wish you had self importance, but that would be an oxymoron in your case.
Pretty soon we won’t be able to celebrate XMas because it may offend the Muslims, where will all this end?
Michael,
The curious thing is that (thus far anyway) Muslims haven’t made that big a deal about Christmas in this country.
Despite that, local councils and other professional do-gooders are falling over themselves to avoid offence. Thus, Christmas trees are vanished and ham sandwiches gotten rid of before anyone has actually complained.
The Islamists won’t need to destroy our culture if we are that quick to surrender in the first place.
Wendy on the ball as allways.
The Muslims are not behind the name change it is left wing, political correct wankers in this union. Besides I am sure Muslims or anyone else (teetotalers) who oppose booze would not worker is such an industry in the first place
united voice is a great name. we all know they sing the bosses tune.
Adrian Jackson, i guess perhaps the other industries like child care, aged care, hopsital staff and cleaners- or do muslims not subcribe to such practices as well?
missos aqnd pissos works fine for me
There is nothing like a bit of lickher. Especially on a Wednesday night with the Wench..