ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
Over a 100 000 people facing real-life problems and struggles have marched in Melbourne this morning, just days after a select group of vegans held the city’s public transportation network to ransom with their demonstration.
The vegans, who shot to national fame on Monday for a largely self-indulgent publicity stunt for a documentary film, are said to be outraged over today’s protest because it’s taken some of the shine off their one.
Their defacto leader spoke briefly to The Advocate via their brand new MacBook Pro this morning, where they called on the union protesters to stop their demonstration.
“What the hell does ‘Change the Rules’ even mean?” asked Cameron Fork, the vice president of publicity for the documentary the vegans promoted.
“Penalty rates for working on the weekend in pubs and restaurants that use animal products and support the murder of innocent animals? Sorry, but I don’t really care about that,”
“Maybe if the unions stopped their protest and actually watched the documentary we were giving publicity to, they’d be protesting for animal rights before workers rights. This is honestly so frustrating!”
Our reporter reached out to the ACTU for comment and the protest, outlining the plight of the vegans and what the Unions thought.
ACTU spokesman Linda O’Donnell explained that while she supports a person’s freedom to eat what they want when they want, there’s more pressing issues at hand for hardworking Australians.
“People aren’t being paid enough to keep up with the cost of living. The business and land owners are getting fatter and fatter off the land and the workers are going backwards,” she said.
“That’s what we’re marching for, for a better set of living conditions for working Australians,”
“If you don’t agree with us, then get prepared for the gulag when the revolution comes.”
More to come.
