If I was unemployed I'd take any job to make sure my family & fed & have a home. I'd take two jobs, like some have to make a better life for my family. Never been a bludger & never will be.
Yet the communist unions have made ludicrous demands on business which have hurt businesses & forced them to close or move offshore. Union scum earn $thousands - they don't care about members only their jobs & $$$.
Min wage results in job losses & higher prices

@w0tn0t, @farmerguy56 lol.... no argument to refute anything I said. Just more crap. Your argument about your life more than backs up what I said... thanks.

@farmerguy56, @w0tn0t lol wotnot... most businesses move offshore for cheaper cost and greater profits... etc... they don't care about the people or the country, just the bottom line.
BTW union membership is a minority in our country by a very long way.

@Lightman Unions forced manufacturing to move offshore - Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi - outrageous demands pushing up prices resulting in higher vehicle costs & less sales! Yes, union membership is down thanks to the thugs who run the unions - bullying members, increasing membership cost - they're back to being the communist thugs they are.
As for below the poverty line, those 25% youth expect to walk into high paying jobs, no experience but all big mouth. They're their own worst enemy & the govt is too easy with welfare.

@Lightman Regarding education - its more indoctrination by socialist ratbags who push their leftist ideology on impressionable young people who aren't permitted to question these indoctrinators
No wonder they're too lazy to find jobs!

@w0tn0t Company decisions not only union demands... don't be so naive

@Lightman

Don't be so naive - do some research! Unions don't care

Unions are pushing for a 4 per cent increase in the minimum wage this year, or almost $30 extra a week, despite the potential for a recession as a result of the coronavirus.

The Australian Council of Trade Union's "modest" proposed increase, revealed on Friday, would lift the minimum weekly wage to $770.43 and the hourly rate from $19.49 to $20.27 in the wake of businesses standing down tens of thousands of workers.

The claim clashes with employers' call for a wage freeze and the Morrison government has called on unions and others to depart "from the usual playbook" and adopt a flexible position to save jobs.

[afr.com]

@w0tn0t as for those youth expecting to start at the top... yes they are dicks... doesn't have a bearing on unemployment benefits though.
I've had to train many of those kids.
As for education, I never mentioned it... the point in the original post was strangely uninformed... but as for socialist indoctrination in the education system... totally agree been there seen it first hand... social work via Tafe is the worst. you won't pass unless you totally pay out on rw conservative governments.
My post and my points remain totally valid btw.

@w0tn0t I'm not naive I've been through the system from all angles. Unions are not all evil just like Trump wasn't... Don't be as ignorant as the Progressive Left is.
BTW every year unions are entitled to make claims it is our system, and many are simply ambit.

@Lightman

I agree, not all unions are evil yet the #ACTU & the largest union the #CFMEU dominate & have made unreasonable demands on businesses.
You think you're the only person who has dealt with unions? don't be so ignorant

@w0tn0t The CFMEU split. The ACTU is not a Union it is a Council of Unions. It advocates for the Union movement.

@w0tn0t BTW don't lie about what I say... ok... I never said that I'm the only person who has dealt with unions etc... that was a lie and I'm not ignorant... also a lie..

Both - less jobs & higher prices .... small businesses will fold