Gary Willis Quotes

‘Gary Willis was a racist bastard, that’s what I remember,’ Antonello sitting up. Gary was one of the shop steward on the Bridge. He had a reputation as a tough guy, prepared to stand up to the bosses. And he did stand up to them but often that put him off side with the men as well. There were so many problems, some they didn’t discover until years later - the asbestos in the welding blankets and gloves or the damage to hearing caused by constant loud noise. There were so many problems they couldn’t fight them all - the lead and chromium in the paints, and the lack of scaffolding and guards, so that the men walked on bare steel beams, which resulted in numerous accidents that led to back and knee injuries or worse. To get the companies to

But we have all learnt from that.’
‘We were fools Sam. We’re fodder for them. The bridge, that was the important thing, the bridge and the city and joining the fucking city together and progress. And they used us and we fell for it, for the whole thing, we fell for it…I don’t know anymore. It all so raw even after all this time. And now Ashleigh…what’s the point?’
They fell into a long silence. Sam finished his beer. Antonello’s second glass of wine sat untouched. They turned to watch the chef in his checked pants and white jacket leaning across the pool table, the cue aimed at a ball in the far corner, he was completely focused on the game, taking his time, shifting to the right and then back, and then again, as if nothing else existed. It took him three shots to finish the game. The barman laughed, ‘At this rate I’ll still be paying for your drinks into the next