FED: $10m for unions a 'slap in the face' for business: Billson

AAP General News (Australia)
01-10-2010
FED: $10m for unions a 'slap in the face' for business: Billson

CANBERRA, Jan 10 AAP - The federal opposition says Labor's decision to give $10 million
to unions to help them educate workers about the new industrial relations regime is a
"slap in the face" for small business.

Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard on Friday announced $10 million in funding
for the Union Education Foundation "to develop and deliver national workplace education
programs for employee representatives".

A separate $10 million had already been allocated to employer organisations to help
them explain the new Fair …