Unions opt out of backing NSW ALP leadership candidate


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In that speech he said that while trade unions were integral to Labor’s success and heritage, the party needs to also represent people who were not in a trade union.


“That will mean taking steps to reduce union control on the floor of our conference and increasing the representation of ordinary members of our party to have more diverse voices,” he said.


“In the long term, a more balanced split in the make-up of Labor will be better both for the party and for our hardworking trade unions.”


Darren Greenfield, state secretary of the biggest left-wing affiliated union, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), said the NSW branch would back Ms McKay.


“Jodi has a track record of going into bat for workers in the Hunter,” he said.


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