Paul Howes to quit, Labor to lose

[nero_bolt]

Australia's highest profile unionist, Paul Howes, is expected to announce his resignation from the union movement on Monday.

Sources within the Australian Workers Union confirmed on Sunday night that Mr Howes, its national secretary, would announce his departure.

It was not clear if Mr Howes, who could not be reached for comment on Sunday night, would stand down immediately or see out the remainder of his term as head of the union.

He was re-elected its national secretary only last year. Mr Howes, 32, is engaged to Qantas executive Olivia Wirth and has, since announcing their relationship, been unwilling to comment on issues relating to the airline - where his union has hundreds of members. Mr Howes and Ms Wirth will marry in April.

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[lakeland27]

i wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't interested in a taxpayer funded political stunt either.

[ufo_investigations]

My condolences to labor 😉

[poddster]

Time will reveal ...... eventually 🙂

[monman12]

"i wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't interested in a taxpayer funded political stunt either."

You mean LL,  like the occupants in the Canberra retirement home  for the ACTU hacks?,  and it is now too late to  emulate  the HSU officials  profligate  funding source!

nɥºɾ

[lakeland27]

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@monman12 wrote:

"i wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't interested in a taxpayer funded political stunt either."

You mean LL,  like the occupants in the Canberra retirement home  of the ACTU hacks?, and it is now too late to  emulate  the HSU officials  profligate  funding source!

nɥºɾ

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 sorry MM as soon as you joined the 22 beats 23 club i discounted your comments

[silverfaun]

Sigh..I love when you talk facts 

[lakeland27]

he talks opinion. its simply a case of being more capable of expressing his opinions than the rest of you.. the man who voted for rudd and gillard or nobody depending on when it was said

[silverfaun]

Does calling politicians names and **bleep**ising the spelling make them look clever..ummm.... no, just something else i'll leave to imagination

[boris1gary]

 Paul Howes to quit, Labor to lose thread - hahahahah, a win for Labor, a win for the AWU and a win for the Trade Union movement in general - oh dear another thread that's wrong - again. I have been laughing all day, really hope this thread doesn't disappear, it's a gem.

[just_me_karen]

Nero, how does labor lose by Paul's resignation? Surely it's a win.

I wouldn't be surprised if he joined the Libs 😄

and I hope he does, then it'd be a lose lose outcome for them and a win win for labor.