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November 15th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Vow to fight on … Kathy Jackson after yesterday’s vote of no confidence with HSU’s deputy general secretary Marco Bolano. Photo: Ben Rushton
”I WILL destroy you,” union boss Michael Williamson allegedly told his Victorian deputy, Marco Bolano, as the bitterly divided union voted to split yesterday.
At the annual general conference in Sydney, the NSW-dominated delegation, loyal to Mr Williamson who is on leave pending the findings of a police investigation, passed a motion of no-confidence in the woman who blew the whistle on alleged union corruption, HSU East’s executive president Kathy Jackson.
The conference also voted to split the warring NSW and Victorian branches, paving the way for separate state-based unions.
Mr Bolano later told the Herald that during the conference people cat-called ”Carl Williams” (a reference to the late Melbourne underworld figure) when he tried to speak. He also said NSW delegates complained privately that organisers loyal to Mr Williamson had threatened those wanting to support Ms Jackson.
Mr Bolano said he had been sounded a warning by Mr Williamson, who told him yesterday morning: ”Enjoy the rest of your time in the union movement … I will destroy you.”
In pushing for the vote of no confidence against Ms Jackson, the NSW branch accused her of disloyalty by reporting alleged corruption to the media and police rather than to the union’s council.
Strike Force Carnarvon is investigating claims raised by the Herald that Mr Williamson and a former union official and serving federal MP, Craig Thomson, received kickbacks from a union supplier by way of American Express cards.
Ms Jackson told the conference: ”Tell a big lie, tell it loud enough and often enough, offer inducements and intimidate people to get your own way.”
Outside the conference, she vowed to see out her four-year term and to clean up the union in the process.
The union’s council will have the ultimate say in whether to endorse the vote of no confidence and the demerger.
Mr Williamson, who took leave in September following allegations of financial impropriety, was among the 700 delegates attending the conference. He declined to answer questions from reporters nor did he respond to a delegate’s question: ”Did you have that credit card?”
His NSW deputy, Peter Myland, sent a written statement to the Herald late yesterday, calling on Ms Jackson to either start working with the union or resign.
”She can no longer claim in any way that she has the membership behind her,” the statement said. ”Today we saw a fair and open vote that represents the entire union membership and it has clearly expressed a strong concern at the way in which the recent issues have been handled by Ms Jackson.”
”This is a cover-up,” one angry delegate said. Another said, ”We have just wasted millions of dollars of members’ money merging, now we will have to spend a similar amount in the divorce.”
One disgruntled NSW member said ”the future of the union is now in doubt” and there were plans for a massive walkout and threats to commence civil action to recover membership fees.
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