Roxy the Rat Girl wrote: I think work choices may have had a few more problems than that if you were an unskilled worker and suddenly were expected to negotiate a contract with your employer. I think you might find yourself with very little bargaining power, especially in tight economic times such as these.
I tend to agree with you there, too.
I tend to favour local enterprise based unions though, rather than the big national ones which seem to lose sight of whom they are supposed to represent in giving priority to their pursuit of political clout. I found that out in the 1990s, trying to stick up for workers I was involved in assessing and treating, who were making WorkCover claims.