Wake up to reality, union leaders

Comments on Janet Albrechtsen “Buy Australia sells us short”, 26/07/2009, http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/janetalbrechtsen/index.php/theaustralian/comments/buy_australia_sells_us_short/

The intelligence of union leaders have not advanced much from the old days in the long past. Their less interest in keeping up with the changed reality means increasing irrelevance to modern Australians. Less relevance means falling memberships.

They need to wake up to the reality of the 21st century to be relevant and to best represent the interests of their members. The world is increasingly integrated and trade plays a very important role in improving the well beings of all nations including Australia.

Some recent studies have shown that trade with China increased Australians’ real income by thousands dollars. Australia is the only advanced countries that has avoided technical recession so far, largely due to China’s imports of minerals like iron ore from Australia.

What the unions want to do is to undermine those benefits. If they continue to push their silly ideas, they will be left completely behind by Australians.

Grow up, union leaders.