Comment on Unions warn Albanese 250,000 members may abandon Labor at next election as bitter rift widens
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 5 weeks agoThe Coalition voted for the anti-CFMEU legislation, too, but I guess people could preference Coalition above Labor just to hurt Labor in the 2PP figures.
I’m not sure it’d send any clearer a message than just preferencing Greens and socialists above Labor but still putting Labor above Coalition, though. Seems like a Labor government would be more likely to repeal the laws than a Coalition one, under pressure from a bolstered Greens bloc.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I feel like reactionary swing voting like this would not be a common behaviour among union members. Like the whole point of joining a union is that you have some pretty entrenched beliefs about worker’s rights, and one party here clearly has a worse record than the other in that regard. Like the thought occurred to me too, but I think you guys are right that people going further left to independents or The Greens, before ultimately preferencing Labor above Liberal, is the most likely change that could occur.