Sydney Morning Herald | Royal commission told mushroom pickers short-changed in union deal Sydney Morning Herald Labor leader Bill Shorten faces his biggest test yet before the trade union royal commission with claims he oversaw an employment deal that lowered wages for hundreds of mushroom pickers in return for unusual payments to the union he led at the time. Bill Shorten led AWU 'training' fund Royal commission hears Labor MP Cesar Melhem used $250000 stash for ... Former AWU boss paid out thousands |