McCarten on Labour’s changes

Matt McCarten writes in the HoS:

On the day this review came out I dropped into the conference of Andrew Little’s old union, the EPMU. I went to listen to the Greens’ Russel Norman and the new Labour leader.

I must have spoken to close to 30 Labour-aligned activists. They all enthusiastically supported the review’s recommendations.

I’m sure they were. The EPMU is Labour’s largest union. The proposed constitutional changes will give the EPMU a massive say in who future leaders will be, and will entrench their power. I am sure the EPMU activists were delirious with delight at the changes.