Stick Together

This week's Stick Together is a feature on International Workers Memorial Day the 28th of April. First we go to the memorial held in Melbourne. A large crowd gathered on Monday 29th of April at 10.30am to remember the 55 workers who died in the last 12 months of work related injuries in Victoria. Then we go to the Melbourne Rally for Palestine held on the Sunday 28th where Jiselle Hanna from Austr...

Today we go into the murky side of the just transition economy where Powering the Future can sometimes mean unsafe conditions, and dodgy pay. We talk to Michael Wright, National Secretary of the ETU, about a better future.

The radical Jewish tradition – revolutionaries, resistance fighters and firebrands is a new book released by Interventions by Donny Gluckstein and Janey Stone. Janey Stone is a lifelong socialist and political activist, she has been a union delegate and participated in the student anti-Vietnam war and women’s liberation movements. As an anti-Zionist Jew she has written and presented about resistan...

Today four reports which give some insights into the changing industrial landscape in Australia. We hear some reflections from the MUA after the successful negotiations of the new eba with DP World and its ramifications across the world. We hear from Zac Smith, the new National Secretary of the Construction Division of the CFMEU on their new campaign to support a Public Housing Build in Australia,...

Workers at RMIT commenced a week of industrial action on Monday. The current EBA expired more than 1000 days ago, and the bosses at RMIT have spent much of that 1000 days attacking the conditions of workers. If you’re in the Melbourne CBD  this morning or tomorrow morning, head down to Building 1 on Bowen Street to join the picket line.

There is a battle going on for Australia's energy future. I caught up with Dr Colin Long the Just Transitions Organiser at Victorian Trades Hall Council to find out the state of play for sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel and nuclear after a recent announcement by the Federal Government of the third offshore wind zone near Warrnambool, Victoria.

Stick Together is a half-hour weekly show about workers rights, union news and current affairs. This episode is hosted by James Brennan, with national union news from disputes in NTEU, CFMEU, ETU and RTBU plus an interview with Sarah Garnham on the Marxism conference. 

March 8th was International Women’s Day often called International Working Women’s Day taking all work paid and unpaid into consideration. We will hear some speeches from rank-and-file CFMEU women who focused on wins and on-going struggles. We follow with a word from a rally held outside the ABC offices in Melbourne one of seven held around the country in support of Antionette Latouf sacked from t...

We head over to the Myanmar People’s Summit, held in Melbourne Victoria, alongside, and in protest of the gathering of the Association of South East Asian Nations. In fact, Xanana Gusmao, the Prime Minister of East Timor, opened the Myanmar People’s Summit, and that’s the speech we broadcast for you on this episode. Also, union news:1. DP World and ETU2. RTBU - Vline3. NSW Government and FBEU4. Se...

The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance the MEAA called for the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Journalists for Monday Feb 26th saying that since October, over 100 journalists have been killed in Gaza. This is 10% of the workforce killed in an unprecedented attack on press freedom it said. The ASU the Australian Services Union members in the community legal centre sector took th...

We speak with Catarina Cinnani from the Untied Workers Union about a matter currently before the Federal Court involving 12 women farm workers who have levelled sexual harassment allegations against staff at Perfection Fresh. Plus Union News:DP World and the MUAV/Line and the RTBUFederal Govt staff and the CPSUTransgrid and the ETUTasPorts and AMOUQantas and AFAPMultiplex and CFMEUSamsung and Sth...

In this programme we hear from Employment & industrial law solicitor Mackenzie Wakefield on the NTEU’s case against Queensland University of Technology, and the larger problem of job insecurity in Australia’s universities.

Down on Webb Dock on the Melbourne foreshore on Monday 22 Victorian police made an all out assault on a community picket called by Unions for Palestine against the docking of an Israeli ship of the Zim shipping line. All around the country similar actions have taken place as people here in Australia react to Israeli lead genocide in Gaza. Today we speak to organisers of the Webb Dock Picket to fin...

Elena Lopez of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) speaks on cross-border worker solidarity in the face of job offshoring. Elena spoke at a public meeting organised by the Trade Justice Education Fund about the realities of how corporate-driven trade agreements hurt working people everywhere, and the importance of promoting fair trade policy alternatives that are rooted in cross-border wor...

Stick Together is a weekly show focusing on union news, workers issues and social justice, on this week's show James Brennan looks at the history of Australia day and the origins of January 26 as a national public holiday. This episode brings in Aboriginal voices to talk about what the day means to them and reflects on the winds of change. 

We hear from Mike Treen from Unite New Zealand and workers from RAFFWU about their Christmas action at Coles and Woolworths for a living wage, safe work conditions and job security. 

Today's show brings you news about trade unionists in the Philippines that are being targetted by the Marcos Jnr administration and are being extra judicially executed in order to prevent their organising attempts. The guest today is Elmer Labog, General Secretary of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, the militant union federation in the Philippines And news updates about:- Emergency Service Workers (range of...

Today we go down to the docks in Melbourne to a rally organised by Unions for Palestine. We hear an account from an MUA veteran, an AEU member as teachers step up in support of educators in Palestine who are losing their lives and from a Uni student taking on the might of the establishment at University of Melbourne (Students for Palestine - MelbUni) who have failed to respond to the destruction o...

On this week's episode of stick together host James Brennan brings voices from the Melbourne laucnh of a new book 'Knocking the top off' a people's history of alcohol in Australia. We are from editors Alex Ettling and Iain McIntyre and congributing writer Jeff Sparrow live from the John Curtain hotel across the road from Trades Hall. 

On today’s show we bring you news on the V-Line workers proposed strike action commencing on 13 December as well as an update on Bangladesh’s biggest spontaneous uprising of garment workers in over 10 yearsUnion News:- CFA vehicle maintenance workers in Victoria (ASU)- Utilita Water Solutions workers in QLD (AMWU & ETU)- BAE systems workers in WA (ETU)- APA Gasnet workers in Victoria (ETU & AMWU)-...

Two reports today. We go to the steps of Victorian Parliament with the Respect March held on Nov 24th. We hear from Professor Kate Fitz Gibbon from Respect Victoria about how workers, Unionists and society members in general can turn the tide of gender based violence marking the beginning of the global 16 days of activism campaign.   Bec Stiles, Early Childhood Educator and United Workers Union me...

 On today's show we bring you an update on the EnerSys dispute between the company, and members of the ETU – based out in Thomastown in Melbourne. Those workers are entering week 19 of their dispute. We also bring you union news from the following disputes:- BHP train drivers in the Pilbara (MEU)- NSW Paramedics (HSU)- DP World workers (MUA)- Virgin airlines ground and cabin crew (TWU)- Workers in...

Stick Together is a half-hour weekly show about workers rights and current affairs. This episode of stick together is looking back at 100 years of radio in Australia. Playing some early audio of community radio and looking at the ways that radio has impacted the country. 

 On this week’s show we are going to hear about The People’s blockade taking place from november 24-29, The People’s Blockade will take place at Horseshoe Beach in the Port of Newcastle/Muloobinba the biggest coal port in the world. This national action, organised by Rising Tide, aims to help build a strong, socialmovement of people engaging in direct action to achieve their goals.

2 reports today. Earlier this month the Union Solidarity organisation Australia Asia Worker Links AAWL reported a victory for sacked Sri Lankan union leaders after eleven years of court action against Australian based multinational Ansell.  We follow this with a look at Australia's broken temporary work visa system and how if immigration policy was at the right setting there could be a win for bot...