Good morning fellow colleagues of the ACTU. We are having this conference today to discuss the recent decline in trade union membership. As you know, many things influence membership and we need to take drastic measures to revive the trade union movement in Australia. If trade unions don't strive for economic liberation, who will? We need major restructuring to continue to make the social and industrial improvements that have made us so influential and of fundamental importance in the past. The subject I will be addressing you on today is "Trade Unions: are they becoming unnecessary?"…