Saturday, July 02, 2005

The Workers, United

Nurse Anne O'Connor and crane driver, Brett Gay, never imagined themselves as headline acts packing Sydney's venerable Town Hall to overflowing.

But they were smash hits as video presentations of their stories kicked off NSW's campaign against the federal government's workplace assault on Friday, July 1.

O'Connor and Gay were two of eight rank and filers who told simply of their families, their workmates, their conditions, their fears and their determination to fight the Prime Minister for as long as it takes.

When each vignette concluded, Unions NSW secretary, John Robertson, introduced the worker to the crowd. And it went nuts.

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