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April 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Updated
A majority of HSU executives want president Michael Williamson to relinquish the role
Turmoil within the troubled Health Services Union (HSU) shows no sign of letting up, with the majority of the national executive joining forces to push for the president’s resignation.
Industrial relations regulator Fair Work Australia has found hundreds of breaches of union rules in its two investigations into the HSU.
HSU president Michael Williamson has been suspended on full pay since October but he denies any wrongdoing.
Mr Williamson was also formerly Labor’s national vice-president, but stepped down last September amid the furore surrounding allegations against HSU officials.
Acting HSU president Chris Brown says 10 of the 14 members of the union’s national executive decided this morning to ask Mr Williamson to quit because allegations against him are damaging the rest of the union.
Mr Brown says the HSU could no longer wait for the findings of various investigations into allegations of corruption and fraudulent activity before taking action.
“The accusations against Mr Williamson are continuing to do an enormous amount of damage to the East branch and to the members of that branch,” Mr Brown said.
“So what we’ve done – without prejudging in any way whether Mr Williamson is in fact guilty of any of the allegations that have been made against him – we’ve asked him to step down and resign for the good of the union.”
But the acting president says Mr Williamson does not have to comply with the executive block’s request.
“We haven’t set a deadline for it, and if he defies the request we’ll have to look at what our options are,” Mr Brown said.
“Obviously under the rules of the union there is the provision for the removal of officers.
“This is about a union and the East branch in particular that is in crisis.
“A lot of damage has been done to its reputation and the reputation of the wider union movement, so we’re asking Mr Williamson to consider, for the good of the union and the good of the wider membership, resigning his position.”
Allegations of misuse of funds and suggestions of criminal offences by some members of the union have seen the HSU suspended from the Australian Council of Trade Unions and engulfed its former boss, Labor MP Craig Thomson, in intense media scrutiny.
‘Dynamite’
Meanwhile, a report to be released into the HSU’s east branch is said to contain a new wave of problems for the union.
Mr Brown says he is bracing for bad news.
“There are a lot of rumours and speculation people from who seem to know what is in it, and yes, the words that are being used are that it’s bad and it’s dynamite,” he said.
“So we are expecting more bad news from the union in relation to that, but we need to get the facts out. We need to know if wrongdoing’s been done so that people can be held to account.”
The report has been written by Ian Temby QC, the former Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
Mr Brown says the HSU East branch should make the findings public, so that any problems can be aired and dealt with.
“They need to be given the opportunity to consider it and then make a decision as to what course of action needs to be taken in regards to that,” Mr Brown said.
“So its really up to that branch, but my message to that branch is that it’s very, very important that they release that information so that it’s absolutely clear what is going on.”
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