In the 2007 Australian General Election trade unions played a decisive role in defeating the right wing Government of John Howard, derailing the anti union ‘WorkChoices’ legislation.. On Saturday 21 August, Australia holds another General Election and a united trade union campaign is putting union rights centre stage in a campaign of opposition to a resurgent Liberal Party led by neo liberal Tony Abbot:
http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/
In the 2010 election the "Your Rights at Work" campaign run by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has been mobilising in a range of communities across Australia - moving forwards on workers' rights, not backwards to the Liberals latest version of WorkChoices.
