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Student Unionism: Should it be Compulsory or Voluntary?

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brendan:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/plan-to-reinstate-student-services/2008/01/13/1200159277548.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

The article is quite biased against VSU:

"THE Federal Government will move to reinstate campus student services such as child care — which were forced to close after the Howard government's ban on compulsory union fees — with Youth Minister Kate Ellis to hold talks with universities next month."

If they did close then they would have closed because after giving people a choice no one bloody wanted them!! If people wanted them then they wouldn't have closed! Duh!

"destroyed welfare services, counselling and sports activities, particularly on regional campuses."
Same goes for the above, if people wanted them, then they would have joined the union and paid for it. The fact that after giving people a choice, students no longer wanted them is testament to the fact that well students didn't want it.

"The child-care centre is gone, the legal service is gone, sport funding has been significantly cut and the student radio station has gone,"

Why would they be gone? Because they didn't have enough revenue. Why didn't they get enough revenue? Because not enough people thought it was worth the money.

"At Bendigo campus the employment service has gone and discount food has gone."
That's nice, just look at the benefits but none of the costs and you will always get a positive sum. Again they are gone, because no one wanted them.

brendan:
Post-VSU
http://andrewnorton.info/blog/2008/02/18/post-vsu/#more-424

Collin Li:
Minister Kate Ellis has told the Adelaide Advertiser that "most people have now acknowledged that VSU has been a disaster".

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23230786-5006301,00.html

Yeah, a disaster for the union leaders, LOL, but a sweet victory for the students.

brendan:
It would only be a disaster because students have voted with their feet to not join. Hence they don't really want it. If they wanted it, they would join

Opposition education spokesman Tony Smith said Ms Ellis needed to acknowledge she was the minister representing all students, and not just student leaders.

"If Kate Ellis wants to see more students join student unions, then she should demand the student unions deliver the services students actually want," he said.

Now there's some wise words.

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