Planet Jackson: Power, Greed and Unions
Brad Norington
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
Kathy Jackson was hailed as a heroine for blowing the whistle on the million-dollar fraud of Michael Williamson, the corrupt boss of the Health Services Union. While remaining steadfast in this very public ordeal, she endured bitter personal attacks from enemies in the Labor Party and the union movement. But what if Jackson was just as corrupt as Williamson? Or worse? This is the real HSU story: the unbelievable misuse of the union dues of some of the lowest paid workers in Australia.
The HSU scandal is more than a dark morality tale marked by high drama and ... Read more
Kathy Jackson was hailed as a heroine for blowing the whistle on the million-dollar fraud of Michael Williamson, the corrupt boss of the Health Services Union. While remaining steadfast in this very public ordeal, she endured bitter personal attacks from enemies in the Labor Party and the union movement. But what if Jackson was just as corrupt as Williamson? Or worse? This is the real HSU story: the unbelievable misuse of the union dues of some of the lowest paid workers in Australia.
The HSU scandal is more than a dark morality tale marked by high drama and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522870336
SKU
V9780522870336
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Ref
99-22
About Brad Norington
Brad Norington has more than 30 yearsexperience as a journalist writing for The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald. He was The Australian’s Washington correspondent during the first term of the Obama administration then chief reporter in Sydney, where he tracked the real story behind disgraced corruption whistleblower Kathy Jackson and her partner Michael Lawler. He has written extensively on ... Read more
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