Happy May Day to all workers everywhere, whether at home or not, paid or not. Our standing up for each other is the only tool we have against injustice in the workplace.
I remember years ago standing with arms linked with other workers in the middle of the night down at the Fremantle Docks as a line of people walked towards us in full riot/combat gear.
And I remember the sadness that other workers, not there, were complaining that members of the Maritime Union of Australia, of whom my partner is one, had it so good....that their hard-won wages and conditions were 'too good' and they needed to be brought down a peg or two.
This was a perfect example to me of how the corporate media keeps most people fooled into not asking for much and squabbling amongst ourselves.
How much more sane to bring every other worker UP a peg or two.
I remember years ago standing with arms linked with other workers in the middle of the night down at the Fremantle Docks as a line of people walked towards us in full riot/combat gear.
And I remember the sadness that other workers, not there, were complaining that members of the Maritime Union of Australia, of whom my partner is one, had it so good....that their hard-won wages and conditions were 'too good' and they needed to be brought down a peg or two.
This was a perfect example to me of how the corporate media keeps most people fooled into not asking for much and squabbling amongst ourselves.
How much more sane to bring every other worker UP a peg or two.