Stick Together

We spoke to Renee Burns Executive Director of the Australian Institute of Employment Rights about why the Ensure Integrity Bill is a bad piece of legislation particularly for the most vulnerable workers.

Chris Spindler from the AMWU gives us an update about the situation facing workers at the Alstom rail workshop in Ballarat. After the launch of the "Respect the rule" campaign and the recent reports of sexual harrasment and abuse in the hospitality industry I chat with Pia Cerveri from Feminism in the Pub about the upcoming event they are having during the 16 days of activism against gender based...

The issue of jobs and climate change is the topic of a new report released jointly by the AMWU the ETU the Gippsland Trades and Labour Council, the MUA and the Victorian Trades Hall Council. The report is called Putting the ‘Justice’ in ‘Just Transition’. We were there.

Woolworths is the latest corporation to hide behind the idea that our industrial system is too complicated to explain their $300 million wage theft bill. We talk to Josh Cullinan from RFFWU for another view of the situation. Follow-up report on the eba negoiations between RBTU Victoria and Metro.

This week we hear from Liam Ward, an NTEU member at RMIT university and what his group has been up to, including participating in the blockade at the International Mining and Resources Conference in Melbourne. Then we hear from workers at the Rockpool Rally as they continue to fight for their wages. 

This week on the show, we bring you reports of two union disputes in the transport sector. The Transport workers union's fight continues with supermarket giant Aldi, who refuse to sign on to a charter of safe rates for drivers in their supply chain. We bring you reports from the TWU's national day of action. Then we bring you an update on the RTBU's fight against Metro Trains in Victoria. Stick To...

It’s 10 to 12, October 15th 1970. The time and date the Westgate Bridge, being built to lead Melbourne traffic to and from Geelong, comes down, killing 35, seriously injuring 18 and leaving an indelible mark on Australian industrial history. The 49th commemoration was held below the bridge on Tuesday. In today’s program Tom Watson gives a first hand account of that dreadful day.

Two reports today. Up first is Victoria’s train and tram workers EBA negotiations followed by a fly on the wall report on a recent Unions for Refugee forum.

This week we hear from Michele O'Neil about union submissions to the Senate Inquiry into the Ensuring Integrity bill. We also reflect on the legacy of the Great Depression and how little some things have changed.

This week we take you into the Melbourne component of the global students strike for climate. Trade Unions organised a contingent to support the students, marching alongside them in their fight to arrest the looming climate catastrophe. Hear from students and workers about the importance of the fight and why unity from all sectors is required to win. It's been a big week for action around the worl...

We look at Government policy when it comes to the unemployed: the cashless welfare card and drug testing of New start recipients under the age of 35. We ask Simone Casey from the Australian Unemployed Workers Union for an insight. We follow t his with a look at inequality and some of the structural inequalities that affect workers internationally and locally.

In today’s program we feature the voices of workers and Union organisers who will be going to the September 20th Global Day for Climate Action Rallies being held around the country and  indeed around the world. We hear why they will be standing with students who have invited adults to come and stand with them for our future.

This week we speak with Aran Mylvaganam from the Tamil Refugee Council about the situation of Priya and Nades and their children facing imminent deportation and the importance of union support for their struggle. Then we hear from ACTU Indigenous Officer Lara Watson about the situation facing remote Indigenous communities as they are subject to the government's Community Development Program. 

This week on the show we bring you the stories from two protests in two different countries. We take you to Crown Casino in Melbourne, where hundreds of workers marched the full length of the promenade. Frustrated with stalled negotiations and proposed wage cuts, their protest increases pressure on the company in the lead up to football finals and the spring racing carnival.  Then we take you to T...

Two reports for you today. The first is about the Star of the South Energy Project the first offshore wind farm in  Australia. Will Tracey the Deputy National Secretary of the MUA and Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth on the subject. We end with a word from Thomas Mayor, Deputy Branch Secretary of the Northern Territory Branch of the MUA who spoke at the recent IPAN Independent Peaceful Austral...

Today we are looking at education. As the Morrison Government is fumbling around in the dark when it comes to it’s support of Australian workers and their education needs the Liberal party one trick pony does another turn of the carnival ground with Morrison pushing to privatise TAFE. We get a view on the announcement from the Australian Education Union. On the funding of Universities front the Go...

Annie speaks with Dario Mujkic, Assistant Secretary of the NUW Victoria Branch, about the EBA negotiations at IGA Metcash in Laverton and the expectation on workers to give up their rights for a pay rise. I also spoke with Chris Spindler from the AMWU about the uncertain situation facing workers in Ballarat with the Victorian State Government still yet to announce a new contract for ALSTOM, puttin...

This week on the show we examine the recent report released by the NUW. It includes survey responses from more than 600 farm workers, many of whom are in the supply chain for the major supermarkets.  We wpeak with the NUW about the results and what is needed to improve conditions on the farms that grow the food we all eat.  We also speak with Steve Diston of the ETU about the dispute at OI Glass,...

Loads of news and local wharfies send a loud and clear message to big business that they will not be bullied and intimidated into surrendering workplace rights and conditions.

The return of the Liberal National Party Government is supposed have been balanced on the decisions of people who were worried about their jobs in mining in Queensland. This may or may not be true. But what is true is that workers are being killed in these same mines in what the CFMMEU is calling a "safety crisis".  We interviewed Steve Smyth, District President CFMMEU Mining and Energy Division Q...

This week we bring you a special episode for NAIDOC week. We explore the struggles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders for land and economic justice. We speak with two activists across two states about how people are standing up to defend their land and how unions are standing with A&TSI people in their struggles.

Interview with Trevor Torrens about the new Queensland Silicosis Support Network. Summary of the International Trade Union Confederations Global Rights Index report.

Union density in Australia is around 14% at arguably the most perilous time for Australian workers - job insecurity, wages flat lining, conditions under attack. How can Unions change this scenario?

This week Annie interviewed Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Worker’s Union about their ongoing dispute with McDonalds. Then we’ll go back in time with some old wharfies and hear stories of appalling conditions and how the workers unionised and fought for their rights.

The Australia Services Union took Maribyrnong Council (Melb.,Vic.) to Federal Court to get the redundancy payments of around $2.3 million dollars for their members made redundant with the outsourcing of the Council's home care service for the elderly. A fine victory. Yasmin from the National Union of Workers tells us about the new Call Centre newsletter bringing Call Centre workers together.