Industrial Action Quotes

“Every single Australian benefits from superannuation, Medicare, the weekend and the minimum wage - these were all won by our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents taking non-violent, so-called illegal industrial action.
Working people only take these measures when the issue is one of justice, like ensuring workers' safety on a worksite, a fair day's pay for a fair day's work or to uphold or improve the rights of working people.
Without the Australian trade union movement our country would look like the US where these rights are inadequate or do not exist.”
― Sally McManus, On Fairness