The high level of union representation at the Labor’s job summit risks making the event “out of touch,” New South Wales Premier warned, as he criticised unions for adding to the economic challenges of Australian families. 
While only 14 percent of Australian workers are trade union members, Labor’s Job and Skill Summit saw unions making up 25 percent of attendees (33 out of 142 sittings).
The summit held in Canberra on Thursday and Friday brings together unions, employers, civil society and governments with a stated aim to “address our shared economic challenges” and “boost productivity and incomes.”
But Premier Dominic Perrottet argued in an opinion article published in the Australian on Thursday that while unions’ proposals have “preoccupied” the summit in the lead-up to the event, skills shortage should be at the top of the summit’s agenda. …