Brenda Seymour reflects on her decades of activism in two unions: the New South Wales Teachers’ Federation and the Police Association New South Wales, and touches on the importance of improving childcare provisions for female workers and union members. 

Fran Hayes reflects on her history of activism in the Australian Social Welfare Union (ASWU), campaigning for the CYSS award and achieving a win in the face of opposition from employers and Government that forever changed industrial relations in Australia.

Helen Creed reflects on her two decades of activism in the union movement.

Natalie Lang reflects on her time as an elected union offical in the ASU and the strengths and successes that come from being a member-led union. 

Gail Shelston reflects on her time as a union activist and officer in the NSW Teachers' Federation, her ongoing work to support women and further equality, and her hope for the future of unions in Australia.

Maree O'Halloran reflects on her time as a teacher, an activist and a member of the NSW Teachers Federation in various roles. 

Anne Junor speaks about her time as a union activist, driven by her own sense of social justice. As an educator and member of both the NSW Teachers' Federation and the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), she fought for gender pay equity – among other issues. 

We remember the activism and purpose of Janice Mayes, a unionist and advocate for social justice who passed away in 2019.

Linda White, Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Services Union (ASU), reflects on how she first came to be involved in unions and how an often underestimated union achieved great strides in the equal pay case and superannuation for women.

Mary Court shares the origins of her rising up against injustices, her entertaining and inspiring first time at the microphone at a rally, and her decades of activism both in and outside of unions.