Bleijie calls out unions on 'sneaky' plan Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has labelled a union plan to circumvent new campaign transparency laws as "sneaky." In response to the government's Industrial Transparency Legislation, which will require unions to hold a ballot before conducting any campaign which will cost more than $10,000, the Together Union is considering creating a company called Working For Queenslanders. The company would handle campaigns and would therefore circumvent the government's new legislation. Mr Bleijie, who introduced the transparency bill into parliament, said such a move demonstrated the need for legislation to safeguard the interests of union members. "All union bosses now require is a 50 per cent plus one majority of respondents from something as simple as an email to their members," Mr Bleijie said. We amended the legislation to give power back to the members and make their organisations more accountable and transparent. This sort of sneaky behaviour by the Together Union is exactly why we took action. Together Union Acting Secretary Julie Bignell disputed Mr Bleijie's claims, and called the transparency bill a threat to democracy and part of an LNP vendetta against the union. "The Queensland Government's recent draconian industrial laws are so broad that we can't ask our local community what they think about the privatisation of health services in the attorney-general's own electorate without having to ballot our members," Ms Bignell said. The government's attempts to silence unions and community supporters are not only a threat to democracy but also underlines the double-standards employed by the government. Together members have responded very positively to the proposal to conduct campaigning through a company called Working For Queenslanders, showing that they see through the Queensland Government's weasel words about this issue. Ms Bignell said the union was conducting a membership vote to gauge support for the move. While not commenting on "union matters" opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk, who vehemently argued against the legislation amendments in parliament, said Mr Bleijie "just simple hates unions." "We know that has been his vendetta ever since they got into office," she said. What they did last week [passing the legislation] was disgraceful, trying to shut down any form of dissent into Queensland.