Bill Kelty
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Building Bad
Setka stack fears as Greens stand to win big from Labor-union split
Labor’s decision to put the construction union into administration has triggered a revolt within a significant part of the union movement.
- by Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
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CFMEU
‘It’s a delusion’: Kelty hits back at Coalition call to deregister CFMEU
But the former ACTU secretary says the move to overhaul the CFMEU is justified by the need to protect the interests of ordinary members.
- by David Crowe and Angus Thompson
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Trade unions
Building union officials are the toughest people I know, but unity is a two-way street
It is regretful that the ACTU has had to take steps to suspend the CFMEU, but it had no choice if it wanted to protect the interests of working people.
- by Bill Kelty
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Wage growth
‘You’re chasing your tail’: Kelty warns against trying to outrun inflation with repeated wage rises
But the former ACTU boss has dismissed much of the talk of a looming wage-inflation spiral as “hyperbole”.
- by Angus Thompson
Premier has 'magic opportunity' to reshape state: Bill Kelty
Bill Kelty, the industrial consigliere behind some of Australia's most significant economic reforms, says Daniel Andrews can build a broad consensus for generational change.
- by Chip Le Grand
Iola Mathews' gutsy fight for social change and action
Winning for Women is a vital repository of first-hand labour history, gender history and media history.
- by Chris Wallace
Bill Kelty tells memorial service how Bob Hawke fixed the economy
By allowing 40,000 Chinese to stay in the country following Tiananmen Square, Hawke put the knife into the white Australia policy, Bill Kelty said.
- by Bill Kelty
Bob Hawke saw unfinished business right up to the end, says Bill Kelty
The other partner in the reform project of the 1980s and 90s, ACTU secretary Bill Kelty, chokes back tears as he talks about his mate of 53 years.
- by Ben Schneiders
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Superannuation
'They should be accountable': Labor legend tells Shorten to face up to Industry Super
Bill Kelty has warned the alternative prime minister he has a duty to protect workers' savings over the vested interests of "loud underperformers".
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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