Jun 16, 2026 – 12.21pmThe head of Victoria’s powerful Trades Hall Council has fired a broadside at Labor MPs for failing to campaign hard enough for the state election, calling out 23 of them of having zero engagement with their constituents in the past two weeks.Council secretary Luke Hilakari wrote to MPs and candidates on Tuesday morning warning them that if they did not lift their campaign game the union movement would pull funding and support that would help them get elected on November 28.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles