Union dissent over Libya
PA Auckland Not all trade unions support the Auckland Trades Council stand against the United States attack on Libya. The secretary of the Auckland Carpenters’ Union, Mr Allan O’Neill, said he believed the council was being hypocritical over the issue. He said he had refused to take part in the Trades Council march down Queen Street because the council was not being consistent.
“They did not organise a march when the military regime in Poland used aggression against Solidarity or when the Soviets attacked Afghanistan,” said Mr O'Neill.
“The Trades Council passed flowery resolutions but they did not organise marches. “I do not condone any acts of aggression whether they be done by the United States or not. But the fact is one cannot be one-eyed, one has to be consistent.”
Mr O’Neill said he had made his views known during the recent Trades Council meeting.
Representatives of the largest private sector union, the Engineers’ Union, also declined to take part in the march. The engineers’ national council had not yet determined its policy on the United States-Libya conflict.
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