Creatures of the Industry

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of workplace fatalities. If you need somebody to talk to, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14. If you are a worker in the industry, you can access Incolink's Counselling Support...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of workplace fatalities. If you need somebody to talk to, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14. If you are a worker in the industry, you can access Incolink's Counselling Support...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of workplace incidents, and mention of fatalities. If you need somebody to talk to, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14. If you are a worker in the industry, you can access Inco...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  Series 7, Episode 9: Part One of Ralph's interview with Ray Smith aka Rowdy, who talks about his entry into construction with help from a friend from the Concrete Gang, leaving behind his past life in the music industry. He...

The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  In Part Two of his conversation with Ralph Edwards, bricklayer and organiser George Paterson starts in the late '80s, with his work as an organiser in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and the early days of Buildi...

The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  In Part 1 of this episode of Creatures of the Industry, Ralph's starts his conversation with bricklayer and organiser George Paterson discussing Creatures in his small hometown in central Scotland that helped lay...

 Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of workplace fatalities, and some strong language. If you need somebody to talk to, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14. If you are a worker in the industry, you can access Incolink's Counselling Support service anytime by calling 1300 000 129, or find out about their Bluehats Suicide Prevention program here.  Series 7, Episode 6: Part 2 of Ralph's ...

  The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of workplace fatalities, and some strong language. If you need somebody to talk to, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14. If you are a worker in the industry, you can access Inc...

  The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  Series 7, Episode 4: Ralph interviews Ron Owens, former Builders Labourers Federation Secretary in South Australia, and the last Federal Secretary of the BLF, now 90 years old and living in Port Pirie in South Australia. In...

  The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  Series 7, Episode 3: Ralph interviews Ron Owens, former Builders Labourers Federation Secretary in South Australia, and the last Federal Secretary of the BLF, now 90 years old and living in Port Pirie in South Australia. Ro...

  The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  Series 7, Episode 2: Ralph interviews recently retired CFMEU OHS Asbestos Expert Peter Clark about his stint in the industry, with a particular focus on what drew him to the black-and-white nature of Health and Safety. From...

  The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  Series 7, Episode 1: To kick off Series 7, Ralph speaks with Sam Carrillo, who retired from his long and varied stint in the industry two years ago. He discusses his breadth of work and union roles over the years, and about...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti Content Warning: this episode contains some strong language.  Series 6, Episode 4: Part two of our interview with Greg Phillips begins around the time of deregistration, when he was living in the country and comi...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti Content Warning: this episode contains some strong language.  Our continuation of Series 6 features Part one of an interview with Greg Phillips, who got his start at the age of 17 in the mid-1970s when the indust...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  The last instalment of our Summer Season features an archival interview with the late Bob Mancor and his life partner Audrey, recorded in 2010 by Juliet Fox as part of her PHD reasearch on Community Radio.  This...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  This episode features Part 2 of the remastered archival interview with Norm Wallace (1926-2018), former BLF Branch Treasurer and organiser, conducted by Bobby Mancor, Shirley Winton and Andy Wallace around the k...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  Our second instalment of this Summer Season features a remastered archival interview with Norm Wallace (1926-2018), former BLF Branch Treasurer and organiser, conducted by Bobby Mancor, Shirley Winton and Andy W...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  The first episode in our summer series features a group interview with Brian Boyd, Dave Kerin and Malcolm McDonald, and is based on the BLF History Group booklet “Never Powerless”, an in-depth history of the BLF...

 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti  This week's featured Creature of the Industry is the recently retired Brendan Pitt, who first dipped his toe in the industry in the Northern Territory working for John Holland. The training all really started, h...

  The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio.  For a full list of episodes and access to all pictures and links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti Kicking off the first episode of Series 6 is an extended interview with Creature of the Industry Joe Schiavello, from the perspective of an employer, beginning way back in 1960 at the ripe age of 14, and later s...

 The sixth and final episode of Creatures of the Industry Series 5 features an extended interview with recently retired Andy Wallace who, for the first time on the podcast, gives an account of the industry from the perspective of the plumbing sector, namely that of sprinkler-fitters.  Beginning in what he describes as a 'lucky era with the BLs and the plumbers', with his brother and Uncle Norm alr...

 Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of workplace-related fatalities. If you need somebody to talk to, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14. If you are a worker in the industry, you can access Incolink's Counselling Support service anytime by calling 1300 000 129, or find out about their Bluehats Suicide Prevention program here. Episode 5, Series 5 of Creatures of the Industry features...

 Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of workplace fatalities. If you need somebody to talk to, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14. If you are a worker in the industry, you can access Incolink's Counselling Support service anytime by calling 1300 000 129, or find out about their Bluehats Suicide Prevention program here. Episode 4, Series 5 of Creatures of the Industry features Part 1 o...

 Series 5, Episode 3: This episode of Creatures of the Industry features an extended interview with Dave Kerin, who gives his perspective on the industry as he experienced it, painting a picture of deep personal and political connections sparked during the late 60s anti-Vietnam War movement that informed his own unionism. They also discuss scaffolding, the introduction of tickets, 'EBAism', the ri...

Series 5, Episode 2: This episode of Creatures of the Industry features Part Two of an extended interview with Don Rust, starting in the late '80s and the infamous Costain dispute, a short stint in remand at Pentridge and the subsequent court case. They also discuss dereg, amalgamation, big changes from the early 2000s, and some of the memorable achievements, losses, and characters in the industry...