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Unions warn Albanese 250,000 members may abandon Labor at next election as bitter rift widens (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

The Coalition voted for the anti-CFMEU legislation too, but I guess people could preference Coalition above Labor just to hurt Labor in the 2PP figures.

I'm not sure it'd send any clearer a message, though, than just preferencing Greens and socialists above Labor but still putting Labor above Coalition. Seems like a Labor government would be more likely to repeal the laws than a Coalition one, under pressure from a bolstered Greens bloc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

but I guess people could preference Coalition above Labor just to hurt Labor in the 2PP figures.

I feel like reactionary swing voting like this would not be a common behaviour among union members. Like the whole point of joining a union is that you have some pretty entrenched beliefs about worker's rights, and one party here clearly has a worse record than the other in that regard. Like the thought occurred to me too, but I think you guys are right that people going further left to independents or The Greens, before ultimately preferencing Labor above Liberal, is the most likely change that could occur.