Changed union minds the shop SMH
The SDA has a new approach to its dealings.
When Joe Bullock became a Labor senator in 2013, he hoped his vote could make a difference.
He hoped it would stop same-sex marriage becoming law.
The West Australian Labor powerbroker and former state secretary of the shoppies union was disappointed.
The party gave its parliamentarians a conscience vote for two terms of Parliament and then bound them to back same-sex marriage after what Bullock remembers as a 499-to one vote at the ALP national conference in 2015. ‘‘Mate, you start to feel you’re in a bit of a minority,’’
Bullock says he quit the Senate that year, adamant ‘‘marriage is between a man and a woman, full stop’’ Bullock, who worked for the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association.
The SDA has a new approach to its dealings.
When Joe Bullock became a Labor senator in 2013, he hoped his vote could make a difference.
He hoped it would stop same-sex marriage becoming law.
The West Australian Labor powerbroker and former state secretary of the shoppies union was disappointed.
The party gave its parliamentarians a conscience vote for two terms of Parliament and then bound them to back same-sex marriage after what Bullock remembers as a 499-to one vote at the ALP national conference in 2015. ‘‘Mate, you start to feel you’re in a bit of a minority,’’
Bullock says he quit the Senate that year, adamant ‘‘marriage is between a man and a woman, full stop’’ Bullock, who worked for the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association.
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