Stick Together

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.

Mark from Earth Worker Workers Cooperative in Morwell. located in the Latrobe Valley the past capital of coal fired electricity generation in Australia, now in the throes of change talks about why Earth Worker and why climate change and job generation should mean a new future not a dark end. newsChinese Coal mining options next door to Adani dropped Queensland MUA leader calls for Labor to back cl...

This week we take you to the event organised by the RTBU and Spirit of Eureka, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the general strike in 1969 in defence of imprisoned union leader Clarrie O'Shea.

Coverage of the "Save Australian Shipping" rally in Melbourne. We hear from workers and union representatives about the current situation of Australian shipping. Information from the CFMEU about PFAS which is putting workers and the public at risk due to the West Gate Tunnel project.

Around Australia and the world large gatherings of workers have celebrated May Day the day of workers solidarity. So today we thought we would give you a great story of workers organising together to get better conditions and wages in an unlikely setting where casualisation and general disenchantment with their Union had given the workers a sense of hopelessness. We follow this with a speech given...

On Monday 29th April an International Workers Memorial Day ceremony was held outside Victoria Trades Hall where there was a call for Federal Industrial Manslaughter Laws.

This week on the program, we bring you the story of the hospital pharmacists who are dispensing free drugs as part of their campaign to secure their wages and conditions. We speak with Gianni Sottile who tells us more about the employer's extreme response to this action. We also speak with Thirza White, Assistant Secretary of the Tasmanian CPSU about the wave of strikes and stoppages causing heada...

We hear from workers and union representatives from the Melbourne Change the Rules rally on April 10.

Another major industrial fire hit the working class Northern suburbs of Melbourne on April 6. It is the fourth in three years. 175 fire fighters were used to subdue the fire and 8 schools were shut down with some concern about what chemicals were actually in the smoke. Two workers were hospitalized. Residents are asking would this happen with so little consequence except to their health if it was...

National Union of Workers organiser talks about Chemist Warehouse. Jeff Hoy from Victorian branch of the Marinetime Union of Australia talks about a maintenance contract on the Melbourne wharves causing a few waves. We join Transport Worker Union members preparing to go on a convoy ride for safety and conditions in the wake of a spike in truck driver deaths since the beginning of the year.

Interview with Brett Edgington, Secretary of the Ballarat Trades and Labour Council. Brett took me on a tour of Ballarat Trades Hall and told me about the history of the labour movement in Ballarat. Sallly Warren from United Voice spoke about her experiences working in aged care and why she chose to speak at the Royal Commission into Aged Care.

This week we take you to the picket lines, where Chemist Warehouse workers are taking indefinte action in support of fair wages, secure employment and an end to sexual harassment in the workplace. Their strike action is now in its second week. We talk with members and union officials about their fight with Australia's largest pharmacy retailer. We also take you to the school students strike in Mel...

A look at what the Geelong Women's Committee at the Geelong Trades Hall are doing to combat Gendered Violence. The NTEU expose the problems with the Ramsay Western Civilization Centre set to open at Queensland University.

Australian supermarkets have pushed the price of milk down to the point where it is now cheaper than bottled water. This has caused pressure through the supply chain. While we hear a lot about the farmers, we don't often hear about the workers in the milk and other dairy processing plants. What does this price pressure mean for the workers and theregional communities that rely on the industry? Thi...

The Financial Sector Union gives us the reasons for why the look into Banks is unfinished business.  We follow that with the attack on wharfies by Australia’s biggest stevedore company DP World.

We hear from Sally McManus about the launching of her new book "On Fairness".We speak with Hayden from the Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU) about the impact of the Cashless Welfare Card in Ceduna. 

This week on the show we bring you an update on the story of Hakeem Al-Araibi. The Bahrain born footballer was granted refugee status in Australia but now faces extradition to Bahrain after being detained in Thailand. His return to Bahrain will lead to imprisonment and there are fears for his safety. Rallies were held in Sydney and Melbourne last week calling for his immediate release and return t...