I was born into a family of workers, but I married into a family of unionists. My in-laws, Bev and Dan Anglesey, were not people to just sit back and complain about the state of the world. When they saw rights being trampled on, if they saw injustice, they spoke up, stepped in, and took action. Pick your battle—Springbok Tour, Clancy Action Group, or the TET share distribution. Dan was a union delegate for the boning floor at the Waitara Freezing Works before my husband was born, and was president of the local Labour Party. Politics was always the topic of conversation at Dan's table. I had the great privilege of spending many hours on Sundays, after one of Bev's amazing roasts, talking to him about politics, unionism, and being reassured that we are right not to become cynical, to keep up that good fight.