The Re-Alignment Australia IS NOT Ready For!

What happens when unionism stops being synonymous with the political left? In this speech, a representative of Australia’s Red Union movement makes an unconventional argument: that the answer to left-wing collectivism is not simply more individualism. Drawing on his experience in Australian unions, education and politics, he argues that conservatives have spent decades defending the autonomous individual and the free market while neglecting the institutions that bind people together — family, faith, community, workplace and nation. The result is a discussion that cuts across conventional left-right politics. The speech covers right-wing unionism, collectivism vs individualism, the failures of traditional unions, the CFMEU, education unions, free-market economics, protectionism, Australian national identity, Christianity, housing, energy and the role of collective action on the political right. The Q&A goes further into Red Union’s model, whether alternative unions can compete with established organisations, industrial action, nursing and teaching unions, education reform and the future of organised labour in Australia. Can collective action exist outside the left? And does the political right need to rethink its relationship with unionism altogether? Watch the full speech and discussion. #AustralianPolitics #TradeUnions #RedUnion #Unionism #Conservatism #AustralianPolitics