The union movement and the ALP is not and never has been about 'workers looking after each other'; rather its about the power clique at the top looking after their mates who put them there for that purpose.
One CRITICAL point to bear in mind with this whole sorry tale:
NO POLITICIAN, ONCE IN POWER, WILL EVER GET A BETTER JOB; ERGO THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO STAY IN POWER.
Principles, policies, integrity, ethics..... forget it.