Former New Zealand Council of Trade Unions President Helen Kelly discusses the importance of unions as public institutions doing valuable work. She was addressing the 27th annual conference of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) in Wellington in November 2015. More information about the ASMS conference is at http://www.asms.org.nz/news/asms-news/2015/11/06/asms-27th-annual-conference-wellington/