UNCIVIL WAR: Unionists sacked by Fegan forces at HSU but Jackson forces say decision overturned

The Victorian branch of the HSU is at war after forces aligned with its branch president Pauline Fegan sacked some of the union’s longest serving officials without warning.

PROMOTED: Paul Howes new ACTU VP

Paul Howes, the national secretary of the AWU has been acknowledged as one of the nation’s most senior unionists through his appointment as a vice-president of the ACTU .

SPLITSVILLE: Deano isolated from ALP powerbase

Human headline unionist Dean Mighell has been expelled from his own faction, the UCA.

OUTSKI: HSU President Fegan suspended after bullying finding

A long serving union official who attempted a palace coup against the HSU’s Jeff Jackson appears to have bitten off quite a bit more than she could chew.

AWU: WA Labor’s ideological opposition to uranium is anti-worker says union

Labor in WA continues to oppose uranium mining on ideological grounds that have more to do with superstition than commonsense.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Happy couple announce engagement

Former Victoria Young Labor power couple Liam O’Brien and Carlo de Campo have announced they will be getting hitched after a long courtship. O’Brien is on the payroll at the Australian Workers Union and is soon expected to move across…

HSU: Internal union fight rumours

Reports of an internal stoush at the Health Services Union in Victoria have triggered much speculation about the invigorated union in meddlesome ALP circles.

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CRYING GAME: A Dean Mighell story so funny you’ll be left in tears

Lefty Union boss Dean Mighell went to London on a very expensive union member funded fact-finding mission in 2006. His hotel room phone bill had the number of a transvestite prostitute recorded on it. Does life get any better than this? Read on for too much information…

RUPED: The Bruce Guthrie experiment is over

Rupe came to Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. He didn’t like what he saw at the Melbourne Herald Sun and today the axe of righteousness has fallen on its editor (and former Age man) Bruce Guthrie.

YOU’RE FIRED: Stevie Lew sacks 20% of his staff and dumps wife and newborn too

Billionaire Sol Lew’s son, Stevie, shows no mercy when down-sizing. At work, and at home. You’ll be shocked with the sordid tale.