Unions to look at radical options to arrest declining membership

By Mark Kenny
Updated February 8 2016 - 5:13pm, first published February 7 2016 - 11:07pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull renewed his warning to Senate cross-benchers to pass the government's Australian Building and Construction Commission bill.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull renewed his warning to Senate cross-benchers to pass the government's Australian Building and Construction Commission bill. Photo: Andrew Meares

Under siege from a rampaging Turnbull government and an exodus of members, Australia's once mighty trade unions are secretly examining radical changes including dollar-a-week memberships in a bid to survive and then regain their industrial and political clout.

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