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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Unions to highlight Clive Palmer’s track record as an employer in federal election campaign

Clive Palmer disembarks his yacht Nancy Jean at Circular Quay in Sydney. Unions plan to target Palmer’s record as an employer in the 2022 federal election.
Clive Palmer disembarks his yacht Nancy Jean at Circular Quay in Sydney. Unions plan to target Palmer’s record as an employer in the 2022 federal election. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Unions have signalled they will campaign on Clive Palmer’s record as a boss in a bid to urge working people not to support the United Australia Party at the election.

The Australian Workers Union national secretary, Daniel Walton, said some members’ experience of the mining billionaire was “not a great one”, citing previous legal battles to get “basic entitlements” in the Queensland Nickel liquidation.

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