Union corruption must be eradicated

I am at a total loss to explain why any union member would not want to investigate and eradicate corruption within union ranks.

The majority, but not all of union funding comes from member's pay packets; therefore, members have a vested interest to ensure their money is spent in their best interests.

The protection of corrupt union officials building personal empires at the cost of the lowly member who pays their wages must be eradicated.

The Fairfax/Reachtel poll tells us in round figures that about half of all respondents want the Australian Labor Party to distance itself from the union movement.

However, this will not happen as the union movement funds political advertising for both the Australian Labor Party and the Greens with enormous political donations, this is where a large part of union member's payments are spent.

About a quarter of all respondents don't want the Australian Labor Party to distance itself from the union movement with close to a quarter of respondents unsure.

We need unions, I don't think any sane person would disagree that a balance of power is not required, what we don't need though is militant union officials forcing the cost of major projects up costing everyone in the community.