Planet Jackson. Power, Greed And Unions

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Publisher Place: Carlton
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 328 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The HSU Scandal Is More Than A Dark Morality Tale Marked By High Drama And Farce. It Exposes Deep Problems At The Heart Of The Union Movement And The Labour Party.

Publishers Description: Kathy Jackson was hailed as a heroine for blowing the whistle on the million-dollar fraud of Michael Williamson, the corrupt boss of the Health Services Union. While remaining steadfast in this very public ordeal, she endured bitter personal attacks from enemies in the Labor Party and the union movement. But what if Jackson was just as corrupt as Williamson Or worse This is the real HSU story. The unbelievable misuse of the union dues of some of the lowest paid workers in Australia. While Jackson was portrayed as a Joan of Arc figure, she had been spending vast amounts of her own union members money on jet-setting holidays, fashion, jewellery, a home mortgage and even part of a divorce settlement. Nothing, it seems, was off limits. The HSU scandal is more than a dark morality tale marked by high drama and farce. It exposes deep problems at the heart of the union movement and the Labor Party: tribalism, nepotism, a misplaced sense of entitlement and the abuse other peoples money. Together they are an intoxicating mixture and provide a ripe environment for corruption on a grand scale.

ISBN: 9780522870336