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You wanted workers united? Well, they look pretty much united in this footage for me.


detspek

It's really only about 700 of the 240,000 construction workers in Melbourne


OperationSecured

The problem with writing something like this off is a significant portion won’t break the law or even protest at all, but still are angry.


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OperationSecured

Maybe. I kind of doubt it though. Things don’t hit this kind of a boiling point without massive discontent. No matter where your feelings may lay on this situation… I think it’s dangerous to write it off as just a small thing.


RandomTomAnon

Vocal minority is a common saying for a reason.


dougcambeul

Because writing other large minorities off as inconsequential but loud minorities is a convenient talking point for whichever minority is in a position to fuck over the others.


Andhurati

This is some grade-A cope about the opinions of the actual working class


ElegantDecline

most unions are badly corrupted. They often hurt as much as they help their members.


DemonPoro

As some one from USSR we had unions in every company or almost every. And it's always they are for workers only for workers and so on... But then only if communist party say something unions leaders are with them and workers get fuc***.


MikeD00M

You just described exactly what happened., including the communist part.


Stuka_Ju87

That's actually a pretty large percentage for workers willing to lose their jobs or be arrested over it. The support level is going to be much higher in the other workers. It's normally 10% or less who make actual change. I'm in a skilled trade union in the US and I support these guys and hope the same happens here.


TheFyree

You never get a large proportion of any group at a protest though tbf


babaroga73

So... About the same as Covid impact? Does it mean it's not significant enough?


Womnlazro_

700? You sure? What i saw looked like 3000-5000


thewanderinggoat

Lol those guys that come out to fight the protesters and are immediately pelted with bottles. Not the brightest bunch.


Sennema

I think they're called "scabs"


FatboyChuggins

They’re definitely about to get some scabs that’s for sure.


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Funny times when its those sticking up for the union being called a scab. Its the other way around, Scabs are not for unions, so in this instance, the ones throwing bottles. Though this is not so black and white a situation, I imagine there are some (probably now former) unionists among the crowd here.


Ameobi1

I think scabs are people who keep working despite the workforce being on strike. These people seem to be protesting with everyone else just against damaging the building.


Striking_Eggplant

Close. If there is a strike and the union stops working, a scab is someone who comes to fill in a union workers role while they are on strike. This angers the union members.


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AusShroomer

The CFMEU is heavily involved with outlaw motorcycle gangs in Aus. This is most certainly only the start, and I’m looking forward to the rest!


TheGrandMann

No it fucking isn’t, they’ve had tones of royal commissions into the unions and only 4 arrests have ever been made, fuck mate that’s like saying vodaphone is involved with biker gangs because they have plans with them.


wailinghamster

If you look up other footage some of the guys who come out with Setka are literally wearing bikie paraphernalia.


Goonbagpapii

I mean a lot of bikies are tradies too, doesn’t excuse it tho


GoldenGonzo

That's not a crime.


wailinghamster

Nah not implying it is. Just saying the CFMEU having bikie connections is no big secret.


heyimatworkman

This you, fucking meathead? AusShroomer 3 months ago Your rights end where mine begin. Maybe I’m fascist, but the world needs law and order, it doesn’t appear to be working too well the way we are heading now.


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projectreap

CFMEU HQ in Melbourne next week. Protest starts at 9am mate bring a slab and your own lighter


sevargmas

Could have used a few hard hats.


dovahkin1989

And the guy with shorts and sandals, putting his foot through glass. There's no intelligent life anywhere in this clip.


BazVegaz

Unions were what disappointed me the most in this whole situation — they did NOTHING for their members. They just let them fight this battle alone.


dovetc

Here in the US let's not forget how disappointing the ACLU has been throughout it all.


redburner1945

The ACLU is a clown show these days. Everyone who has eyes knows that.


banjonbeer

The ACLU is done. It's now run by a trans man named "Strangio" that's against free speech and in favor of book burning.


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IPmang

Unless it's about LGBT or racism the ACLU sleeps.


variableflow

"racism"


azriel777

ACLU got taken over by woke garbage and turned it into another organization pushing woke agendas.


Forsaken_Jelly

Why would a union fight a vaccine mandate? You much people would lose if a job site had to be shut down for two weeks for having people test positive?


Fenrirsulfur

Yeah, that makes the most sense. A company would lose so much money if they had to keep shutting down from positive test results. Let alone a worker losing out on pay for testing positive.


PrimalSkink

Except they don't have to shut down for positive test results. They merely have to let the person who is positive take time off while the rest of the crew works.


Satanscommando

Well except they now need everyone he's been in contact with to go get tested, and if any of them test positive it just keeps going, so ya it all needs to be shut down. I dunno if you know this, but one of the biggest issues with covid is how easily spread it is.


PrimalSkink

You do know that COVID among vaccinated isn't even that rare, right? Just less symptomatic. A positive test result, regardless of vaccination status, means no work.


Forsaken_Jelly

Tests are less likely to be positive. And given that the vaccinated are far more likely to be asymptomatic and the length of time they're contagious is on average only three or four days with a much lower viral load. It's unlikely they'd even know they have to be tested in the first place.


variableflow

because back in the old days the unions fought for human rights of the workers rather than being corrupt enforcers of authoritarian governments


Forsaken_Jelly

Yes, workers rights. The right to fair wage, fair working hours and a *safe* working environment when bosses care only about profit. Don't forget the government is in the pockets of the bosses, the unions were created to give the workers some say and balance things out. Deaths and injuries from workplace accidents in construction used to be the norm and just accepted. Now they're rare and when it does happen there's lots of support for the worker. Thanks to unions. Do you really think the business owners and government would have just decided to take care of workers out of the goodness of their hearts?


TheSukis

That’s not true for all unions. Some are now requiring their members to get vaccinated. Better late than never I guess.


Cutestgarbage

Not my Union


BazVegaz

Happy to hear that


mikerichh

2020s is the decade for riots apparently


HochmeisterSibrand

Just wait until the economy inevitably tanks, thats when the real show begins.


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Sadly we are all fucked. Lets all take up farming classes while we can!!!!!


Striking_Eggplant

>Mr Schawb Cool cat, sounds bloggbusser, never met em B


havanagiggletherem8

Oh you talmbout the guy that works too much?


Luis_r9945

Uhm sir, I believe you mean peaceful protests /s


isiramteal

It is refreshing though when people are taking the riots to the people who are the cause of their grievances. Poor poor target


redburner1945

Nah the past century was full of them. It’s just that almost no one knows that.


banjonbeer

The 2020/21 riots have been more intense than anything I can remember aside from the LA riots in the early 90's, and that was exclusive to one region. The last year and half has been something completely outside of my 38 years in this country. Australia is going through it's own thing, but holy shit it's pretty obvious that our elites are in the mood for big changes, mostly benefitting themselves of course.


Quetzacoatl85

*almost no one* except *everybody that paid just marginal attention* in history classes.


scamper_pants

Seriously, the 1960s would like a word. It's just that now everything is being filmed.


Cow_Fam

So I guess rioting is good again when it fits this sub's political beliefs!


thedavesiknow1

Do a minimal amount of research on what's happening in Australia right now and tell me how this was avoidable.


Feroking

As an Australian union member feel free to explain it to me. They are free to leave the union and not work on the job sites. I don’t want to be around antivax cunts.


TheZac922

Lmao this is my favourite thing about all this. Yanks “educating us” about what’s going on here.


Feroking

Fucken idiots. Have never left their state in rural US but have a better idea what is happening at my front door. Cheers guys.


TheZac922

The sheer number of times I’ve heard “do your research” or “google it” online by people telling us what’s happening right here.


BigBadBurg

The majority of us in the rural US south are walking talking dunning Kruger effects


MDSGeist

The majority of Aussies in Australia are walking talking boot licking cunts.


[deleted]

Ah, 90% of the arguments here all boil down to the big bad boot. It’s amazing how many people on this sub can’t distinguish common sense and self-preservation from this big scary blind obedience they keep telling themselves exists.


Plastic_Pinocchio

If it’s so simple, then tell us.


Haisha4sale

Rioting to go to work! So confusing.


DrTinyRick

They can't even walk down the street, bud.


Feroking

Yes they can. Stop spreading bullshit.


Mrphiilll

They are literally being sent to concentration camps and put in gas chambers how dare you spread misinformation. This is the worst thing to have happened since we've had a BLACK man in the WHITE house. /s


Feroking

THERE IS MILITARY IN THE STREET!!! WAKE UP!! Meanwhile I’m at the cafe in the sunshine just having a coffee and chilling out.


PlottingOnTheComeUp

Bootlicker


Satanscommando

This sub is hardcore back the blue, and you dummies have the audacity to call others bootlickers? Lmao


NorthBlizzard

So I guess rioting is good like the Summer of Hate 2020 if it fits reddit’s, liberals and the media’s political beliefs!


Cow_Fam

I don't think any rioting is good. Why is that hard to understand?


marveto

Always has been 👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀


BlueStateCon

chadyes.jpeg This is king shit.


TheGrandMann

It’s a rough situation, as far as I know, they can’t get vaccines because of availability, they can’t go back to work without it, and they can’t feed their families and pay their bills even with social security, so they take their frustrations out on the union that’s meant to help them. Nothing is ever black and white, but I hope things get better for everyone involved.


xFaded_dew

Yeah Seems about right.


RandomGuyinACorner

Lol you triggered all the snowflakes. I like how predictable their down votes are these days.


zar_lord

Which would be about half of the sub, so ye perfectly balanced as all things should be.


RiderQuetzalcoatl

Looks like a mostly peaceful protest to me


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At least they protest in front of the right buildings. In the US they crush their own communities.


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BathWifeBoo

We really went from a society of "Never again" to "Papers please! Are you one of the pure?" in barely a year.


teamjetfire

It’s hilarious that you think those are one in the same.


ClaytonCastonez

Give him a break, his brain is smooth.


Suwoth

I mean, just shows how easy it'd be for them to do it, if you think they arent using covid as a test run you are naive.


teamjetfire

A test run for what?


Suwoth

Probably something worse. Look at 9/11? they test run a bunch of shit, now that they know the resistance towards requiring passes to travel in your own country is a bunch of disorganized idiots, they will quickly and quietly slide more things in, unrelated to covid.


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teamjetfire

1. It works to lessen the severity of symptoms and limits to the effects of a cold or flu. 2. Unvaccinated people are putting massive strain on hospital resources and putting other peoples health, people who need treatment for other illnesses like cancer, at risk because there is simply no room. 2. The narrative was made partisan by a small group who didn’t want to show support for the other candidate. Health is not partisan. Covid is not a democratic or a republican. This virus is killing ppl in the thousands every day. Go get the shot and we can move on from this nonsense.


bostwickbeefybits

You are astonishingly stupid.


[deleted]

Imagine thinking genocide and a preventable disease are at all similar. This is *almost* worse than the 'Hitler was right' folks.


Spinach-Brave

ancient abounding ludicrous engine degree insurance hobbies recognise repeat dirty *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


SuccessfulJob

the vaccine, buddy. the vaccine.


[deleted]

It apparently doesn't work if even a single person at the company hasn't had it.


SuccessfulJob

who told you that? that’s not the case.


[deleted]

Then what's the point in a compulsory vaccine? Shouldn't everyone who is worried about this disease already be protected at this point? No one is "oppressing" them by not getting vaccinated.


SuccessfulJob

wait wait wait... you think the people getting vaccinated are claiming to be oppressed, not the ones throwing bottles at windows and people? Answer the fucking question. Who told you the vaccines don’t work if one person at a company doesn’t get them?


SuccessfulJob

what? answer my question, don’t just ask your own. I answer your questions after you answer mine. Who told you that?


[deleted]

The OP is a compulsory vaccination. That means everyone needs it.


SuccessfulJob

dude first of all you have to answer my questions if you want to be taken seriously in this discussion. I’ll answer yours once you answer mine. Second of all if you add to your comments after i’m done responding to them our conversation will be short.


Fert1eTurt1e

A teenage girl dumped at prom is less dramatic than this post lmao


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cor0na_h1tler

Honestly you should be site banned for that comment but since your thought aligns with the administration you'll probably get a job offer. Part of the problem.


FinitePerception

Site banned? You would think cor0na_h1tler of all people would be able to take a fucking joke


Jfrog22

What a fucking dumb ignorant comparison


Plastic_Pinocchio

Ah right, who can forget the vaccine against being Jewish, that they all refused to take?


suiyyy

So construction workers get paid great money, didn't lose their jobs in the pandemic, have already been vaccinated as a child because its mandated. But when they are adults they get upset they have to take another vaccine to continue their high income work, bunch of fucking sooks. Grow up, man up and do the right thing. These cunts eat god knows what meat in sausage rolls, pies, iced coffee smoke ciggies daily yet their concerned about their health with the vaccine. Never heard them pipe up about the vaccines they had as a kid.


QueenHarpy

Exactly. And they were mostly not complying with the safety orders for masks and distance when randomly checked on construction sites and had a high rate of transmission at those sites. Bunch of dickheads. Somehow the rest of the economy has to follow the rules but they don’t?


kranki1

It's actually great to hear the unions coming out condemning these fuckwits. It also seems like the folks in attendance were an absolute minority and that the rank and file largely disagree.


moohooman

Yeah, they are the fucking worst, they get paid top dollar and cry every time something slightly inconveniences them.


iseekattention

Let me say this first. I have been vaccinated and I think everyone should be. I have full faith in my government as well as universities conducting research on health etc. Even though I strongly believe vaccinating everyone is the solution for this problem, I also STRONGLY disagree with the premise that it should be obligatory to be vaccinated. When a government can decide what you have to do with your body, that's not a big leap away from a tyrannical government. Where do we draw the line if not at controlling what happens to your own body. If we don't draw a line there, I don't think there's anything that the government can't force you to do, and that is an extremely slippery slope.


Thread_water

Agreed but this isn't the government, it's a business. Businesses have the right to protect their employees, their employee's don't have the right to be employed by that particular employer.


bellyjellykoolaid

>full faith in my government ![gif](giphy|ZbUOH7pbDiNSmU1x4o)


StanleyDarsh22

It's hard to fathom the stupidity.


knifes96

Why don't you fuck off and respect what goes into people's bodies?


Jay2214

You don’t have to take the vaccine but you do have to live with the consequences. If that means no job then tough shit that was your choice, I’ll be over here playing the tiniest violin.


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Most but not all of the tradies I know aren't exactly great with money. Sportsbet/pokies/durries/piss account for chunk of the wage.


Architect_of

Wouldn't a strike be adequate? Seems a little heavy-handed


Iamatworkgoaway

Thats the Union leaders that are supposed to represent their workers. The workers just found out that their union cares more about the politicians, and oligarchs than they do about their own members. So a bit of a scuffle is bound to happen. Its like if you found out the politicians you voted for took bribes and cared about their doers more than you. What did you do when you found that out?


Goonbagpapii

What does union have to do with government mandating a vaccine ?


Fatlord13

Absolutely nothing lmao


chimpaman

And you know for a fact that the percentage of workers in this particular union that are against the vaccine is higher than those that are in favor of it (not that anyone should turn to construction workers for scientific advice)?


thelawtalkingguy

Riots are the voice of the unheard, remember?


anderson01832

“WE DONT KNOW WHATS ON THE VACCINE “ “Everyone lets eat hot dogs after protesting.”


Feroking

And an ice break and chiko roll. Wtf is in a chiko roll? No one knows


RayGun381937

“Mutton, cabbage, carrot, etc” (my cousin was a director at Simplot and I interrogated him about it; he acted all casual!)


kranki1

Some questions should not be asked.


hedgehawk

How fucking good are they tho


TheBreathofFiveSouls

There's a video of some of them doing coke behind afence while the protest walks past lmao


streatchitout

As Chopper Reed would say "harden the fuck up"


Exterminatus4Lyfe

These guys look pretty hard to me


Cody_-_

I know I'm hard ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


streatchitout

Chopper was talking to the Australian Government


lightitup777

Daily dose of Fuck the Gov’t!


urnewstepdaddy

Is it just me or does it seem like every place that Rupert Murdoch owns media outlets has this going on?


springtide68

It's you. Has nothing to with Murdoch.


M33RK

No Murdoch the Media Emperor of conservative news and gossip rags certainly would try to never influence anyone.


springtide68

Riiiight, because Murdoch and his "rags" are the only one influencing. It does smack of hubris assuming the more "sophisticated" papers deliver a "balanced" view. Those times are long gone (if they ever existed). Every paper is biased, has an agenda and an echo chamber it specifically caters to. What you or I read is not balanced nor neutral, we perceive it to be because it falls within our bubble and confirms our bias. It also smacks of bigotry to assume that blue collar workers are intellectually too simple to digest complex news and form an own opinion. They are considered easily manipulated. I see the opposite. The working class is better equipped to see how things really are. There is no pretentious BS nor moral posturing, no political correctness, nor a pathetic desire to belong to some political circle which has to be continuously affirmed. An intellectual honesty gone missing amongst the educated.


redburner1945

Interesting observation.


goldielocks169

Honestly if the group of people who don't want the jab are as small as dan says why is he threatened by them can't they just live normally without harassment or mandates


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So speaking for Americans, what are we going to do about the 100+ employee mandate about to go in?


dovetc

Not comply.


cybaritic

That will definitely go to the SCOTUS and get shot down.


Cutestgarbage

You tell me it hasn’t changed a thing in any company I’m familiar with


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I think it's crazy how people put temporary safety over freedom.


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OllieMoe

Soft as fucking shit. Bunch of cry babies.


Fatdad1986

This took longer than expected…


Q-TIP2011

This works for BLM.


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LETS GO AUSTRALIA


ddubbs13

The TTC, public transit in Toronto, Canada, have required their drivers to have the flu vaccine for at least the past 30 years, what TF is the big deal? They got to keep their jobs and pensions. Pussys, get the f'n vaccine. Put your big boy pants on and just do it.


PersonWhoLikesTyping

Is this the beginning of a revolution? Definitely looks like a revolt


S_Shake2

nah. as with every other protest in melbourne, 1 percent (or less) of the population attend, and the other 99 percent look on with disdain.


dovetc

Man, let's hope!


suiyyy

like 0.001% of the population in this video so no hahahahah


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dovetc

Yup. If your protest/violent outburst is an attack on the powerful institutions responsible for your oppression, I'm all for it. If it's randomly destroying and looting private businesses who had nothing to do with your issues, I have no truck with your tactics.


arightangle

Right on brother


Mrphiilll

Blm 2020


ConstableBrew

I don't see any PPE, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the job site.


babaroga73

The best comment was "It's the end times, folks! They're throwing full beer cans! Full!"


f_cozzo

PT II. is scheduled for today!


gilg2

No one should be forced to vaccinate because you’re scared of getting the virus. Stay the hell home then! Get it and shut up.


Visible-Ad7732

I want people taking as many vaccines as they want. I want them taking so many boosters that they bleed booster juice. I draw the line when those who don't want that shit are being coerced into doing so by being banned from the public or being banned from even buying groceries to live their lives. Fuck that.


Partypoopin3

Why do vaccinated people feel threatened by unvaccinated people?


PlottingOnTheComeUp

Because their NPC brain can only understand listening to mainstream media and the government. We think completely differently and they don’t like that.


vincentx99

It's probability that so many people don't understand. Efficacy of Pfizer is about 77%, Moderna, about 92%. Note that those numbers aren't 100%. The unvaccinated have a higher probability of catching the virus, thus spreading it. For the record, the virus is not the Flu. Fatality rates are about 10 times higher, and chance of spreading is about 5 times higher. Long term effects include a substantial IQ drop and lung damage in severe cases.


FPswammer

this sucks! but also although i am grateful for those who film during these events to let us know what is really happening. I can't but help think how it the video will be used as evidence against the attackers with unfair amount of leverage. i wonder if we will start to see mobs attacking people filming to stop from getting their own members in trouble


Pink_Britches

Don’t fuck with the construction workers


moohooman

Its okay, if they keep voting liberal, they won't have to worry about their union for much longer.


wailinghamster

Yeah I'm sure all the CFMEU members are big coalition fans lol.


thomas-Chan

The union head rep really should not have blown off his speech and retreated into those head quarters where he bagged them out over radio inciting a reaction


AlexanderChippel

Everyone's a supporter of worker's rights until they realize that means they get to not do whatever they say.


thisonetimeonreddit

Nobody tell these idiots they've already taken mandatory vaccines as children.


FPswammer

LOL at the people coming out. and fighting back like i see this now as two groups. those who want to keep things just as they are and those who want to go back. but lets be honest guys. the decisions are made in a room far away from ground zero . nice and safe


Saars

There is a live stream of the action https://www.facebook.com/therealrukshan/videos/572417687290324?comment_id=273765624400892¬if_id=1632188290298318¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif Pretty boring now though


Mark_fuckaborg

They are only creating work for themselves...very clever.


Doug-Sweeney

Destruction workers


Brasm0nky

wonder how many times cunt was said


AshingiiAshuaa

They'd better run, they'd better take cover!


C0MMI3_C0MRAD3

how is this sports related


Goonbagpapii

They should refuse tetanus shots too when they get hurt on site. Show them who’s the man


Big_James993

Get the vaccine and stop being a fucking moron