From the wharves of Woolloomooloo to the cattle station of Wave Hill and the cotton fields of Wee Waa trade unions have played a significant role in the advancement of Indigenous civil rights.Unionist Thomas Mayo, art warrior Richard Frankland and co-founder of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Ghillar Michael Anderson reflect on this history of protest and protected action, and why gaining (and maintaining) civil rights sometimes feels like taking one step forward and two steps back.Then for Word Up, language worker Daisy Allen shares some palawa kani.