Bob Hawke has called on the Labor Party and the ACTU to consider cutting ties with the scandal-plagued Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union, while Paul Keating has warned that trade union influence inside the party must be reduced.
The two former Labor prime ministers, who forged a historic partnership with unions to transform the economy a generation ago, have told The Australian they are appalled by the evidence of systemic union corruption, and urged union leaders to refocus on the national economic interest.
Mr Hawke, who as prime minister deregistered the rogue -Builders Labourers Federation in 1986, said Labor and the ACTU must embrace reforms to improve union governance and transparency.
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