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A 700-day battle I never could have imagined
Australian trade unionist TROY CARTER explains how he ended up in the fight of his life against corporate tax dodgers Exxon Mobil and UGL/Cimic
Troy Carter of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union

AT 3am on June 22 2017 I never gave it a thought that I’d be standing up in front of people talking about my life and what would happen over the next 700 days.

I never thought that I’d be visiting members of Parliament to discuss loopholes that allowed an entire maintenance workforce to be made redundant one day and reoffered their job back the next.

I never imagined I’d be invited to Geneva to talk about issues related to tax or sit in a senate inquiry listening to a man (who I essentially worked for) admitting the sixth-biggest company in the world has not paid any corporation tax in Australia for four years, despite making $33.1 billion.

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