The powerful Shop,Distributive & Allied Employees’ Association signals shift absent from its fierce opposition after generational change within leadership One of the final barriers to same sex marriage within the labour movement could be crumbling, as the powerful “Shoppies” union moves to drop its long-held and fierce opposition.
Guardian Australia understands the powerful and socially-conservative Shop, or Distributive & Allied Employees’ Association (SDA) has discussed dropping its opposition to marriage equality at both its national executive and national conference in favour of having no stated policy on the issue.
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Source: theguardian.com