Supporting Comrades

Regular SST contributor on the state of the union, Matt McCarten wants us to believe that your workmates getting in behind you in the event of unfair dismissal is a good thing.

Coments such as

Ultimately, the only thing that counts is when workers come together as a group to defend their workmates and protect their employment rights.

and

Fighting for justice and fairness in the workplace cannot be left to the lawyers and their ilk

show me that the lynch union mob is ready and willing as usual to stir things along to suit their own agendas, without following or waiting for due process.

The question though, however distasteful the circumstances may be, is will McCarten's mates in the Police Union or whatever it is called, equally support Assistant Commissioner Rickards, who I believe has not yet been found guilty, when he he is finally 'released' from employment?