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VIDEO: Watch what happens when the boss asks what unions have ever done

Labour Day: a good day to watch this rip-off from a scene in Monty Python’s The Life of Brian. What Have The Unions Ever Done For Us? was produced in Australia after John Howard’s conservative government went after collective bargaining rights.     Photo: My Other Eye. Used under a Creative Commons BY-2.0 licence.

September 1, 2014

Labour Day: a good day to watch this rip-off from a scene in Monty Python’s The Life of Brian.

What Have The Unions Ever Done For Us? was produced in Australia after John Howard’s conservative government went after collective bargaining rights.

 

 

Photo: My Other Eye. Used under a Creative Commons BY-2.0 licence.

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Children’s troubadour Raffi schools Christy Clark over teacher dispute

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