Maybe time to read "The Art Of War" again? Howes will throw AWU members money at this like there's no tomorrow and his aim is to nobble the ALAEA once and for all. His strategy is straight out of the Liberals "Idiots Guide On How To Destroy Unions". That is, take legal action against Steve and the ALAEA which forces Steve to finance an expensive legal defence and possibly pay for Howes legals if Howes wins. Howes will not only dip his hand into the AWU's slush fund finances for this, but no doubt have the financial backing of some ALP hacks that don't like the idea of the ALAEA not being servants to the ALP like most unions are these days.
A Union with no cash is as useful as tits on a bull......think smart Steve for all our sakes.