‘What do you do?’ is the first question of a new acquaintance, and children are asked ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ Without work most people now feel ‘useless’. Work promises self-realization.

Charles Fox and Marilyn Lake, historians,
Australians at Work, Ringwood, Victoria, 1990

Belonging to the Union

Solidarity forever
For the union makes us strong.

Trade union song