One of Australia’s largest unions wants to see non-union members pay them for any future successful negotiations for higher wages and conditions.
This is despite union membership falling to an all-time low in 2022.
Union membership has been on the decline in Australia for decades, and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union—one of the country’s largest—would like to reverse this.
“Imagine walking into a fishing club or a footy club and demanding all the benefits without being a member. You wouldn’t even get through the door,” said Steve Murphy, national secretary of the AMWU.
“But that’s the situation we have at the moment in our workplaces. Many thousands of workers benefit from the outcomes of collective bargaining agreements fought for by unions but don’t join union members in the fight for higher wages, safer conditions, and better workplace rights.”…