Plans by the Morrison government to break the wharfie union’s stranglehold on the docks have been labelled by Labor and the unions as an attempt to stir up conflict in a desperate grab for votes.
But employers shot back, saying the economy “can no longer be held to ransom” by the Maritime Union of Australia, while Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the union’s threatened strike action could stop people receiving their Christmas presents.
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