PEACE IS UNION BUSINESS
Unions called to fight war on workers, not world war
he deal hatched in secret for Australia to join a new security pact and sign off on $200B US nuclear subs for a looming war with China is a bad deal for workers. The Australia, United Kingdom and United States (AUKUS) trilateral security pact the Morrison Government announced last September may come with submarines. But at a price.
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“The billions wasted on submarines should be spent on building an Australian strategic shipping fleet, renewable energy, raising Jobseeker payments above the poverty line, pay increases for health workers and teachers – not a war mongering military alliance,” the Maritime Union proclaimed in a media statement last September. www.mua.org.au
