Words have power in them. The simple language that we use everyday, those words have a lot of power. I think men have got to stand up and say we're not going to cop it too.
People do think about that in the workplace.
They know it's out there. This is one of the major aims of the Art and Working Life residency. Mick pointed out that the 24-week residency was the only way the Union could have driven this issue at the speed at which it has. Domestic violence is not the sort of issue that union organizers can be instructed to raise with the membership, and even if they did, you would have to question whether their efforts would achieve much without alienating the membership. Mick reckons that by utilizing Geoff's talents, the residency will have achieved more in 24 weeks than the Union could have done on its own in five years.