Good morning fellow colleagues of the ACTU. We are having this conference today to discuss the recent decline in trade union membership. As you know, many things influence membership and we need to take drastic measures to revive the trade union movement in Australia. If trade unions don't strive for economic liberation, who will? We need major restructuring to continue to make the social and industrial improvements that have made us so influential and of …showed first 75 words of 1862 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1862 total…by overseas trade unions, we will have continued support far into the future. We are a fundamental aspect of the labour market in Australia and will continue to promote the cause of victims in the workforce. As long as people have to sell their labour to someone else in order to survive, they will aspire to a measure of dignity, self-expression and democracy at their workplaces and we must not let their cases remain unheard.