Clearly Saturday’s election outcome will be critical in determining the industrial environment in which we will be working for the next 3 years, and whether or not the rights of working people are going to be protected.

As advised, on the basis of the parties’ industrial relations policies and track record, the BCOM of the HSU#4 has taken the following position:

We recommend voting Greens first and Labor second in the Senate, and in lower House seats, vote Greens first where there is a Greens candidate OR Labor first where there is no Greens candidate in the House of Representatives.

The Liberals, the architects of Workchoices, should be put last in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.