Stick Together

The Fair Work Commission's decision to stop strike action on Sydney trains. What does it mean for these workers and workers in general. We get an over view from Sally McManus the Secretary of the ACTU the Australian Council of Trade Unions. #Abolish Australia Day was the call from Aboriginal march leaders at the enormous rallies across the country.  We speak to unionists in Melbourne who joined th...

Faced with a recalcitrant government and management failure to negotiate, NSW rail Workers have called the first network-wide strike in almost 20 years. We speak with NSW State Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union about the dispute. We also bring you the story of more than 200 Fijian baggage handlers who were locked out before Christmas last year and the international campaign launched to supp...

This week we pop back in time to the year 2000. On this summer special of Stick Together we catch up with Max Ogden to talk about Unions 2000, a temporary super union which organised, negotiated and proudly presented the Best Olympics Ever! in Sydney 2000.Part two, a re-run of interview with Zoe Angus (MEAA Equity Section Director) on the screen industry’s fight of their lives. The “Make It Austra...

Revenue problems for Turnbull Government. Their answer- attack Social Security. We investigate this failing Federal Government.

As maintenance workers at the Victorian site off the Bass Strait gas field sit coming up to 190 days in a protest at the front gates over cuts in wages and conditions Esso is in lock step with Govt and the courts proving Sally McManus Secretary of the Australian Council of Trades Union’s mantra that the rules are broken.

This week on the show we return to our feature from July about international stevedoring company ICTSI. Their international record of poor industrial relations and union busting has continued - this time in Papua New Guinea and here in Australia at Webb Dock. We speak again to ITF Campaign Director, Shannon O'Keeffe about how their campaign against this international giant is progressing. 

Will Tracey assistant secretary of the MUA speaks about the Web Dock Melbourne dispute: what happened and finally a victory in a dispute that looks like many of the anti union anti worker behaviour that has been a hallmark of 2017.Finally we talk with Josh Cullinan the Secretary of the newest Australian Union the Retail, Fast Food Workers Union (RFFWU), after it’s first year of operations.

This week Stick Together brings news from The Melbourne Docks. A peaceful community assembly has taken residence outside the Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) at Webb Dock in Port Melbourne after a casual employee was denied shifts following taking action against management over workplace bullying and harassment. The community has taken up the fight sending a very clear message; Tou...

This week in addition to your weekly wrap of union news, we look at how unions were involved in the QLD state election campaign. We speak with the Secretary of the Queensland Council of Unions about their campaign and how it dealt with the question of One Nation.  We also speak with Not4Sale campaign co-ordinator Stuey Traill about the campaign to keep public assets in public hands. Extended inter...

Today we are featuring the ground breaking grass-roots work being done by the National Union of Workers. The NUW had two enormous wins this week – not only did Woolworths warehouse workers win a 4% pay rise but the Union’s work on fair pay and conditions in the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains in Australia have also borne fruit in a separate agreement with Woolworths going into Christmas. T...

Melbourne rally for the announcement of the Yes Vote for Marriage Equality. Unionist Support citzen's rights with solidarity.

On this week’s episode of Stick Together we go across the ditch to speak with Melissa Ansell-Bridges from New Zealand Equity about the Hobbit Law and the rules of collective bargaining on film productions in New Zealand. We’ll also hear from the Geelong Women’s Conference held last weekend in Victoria. This conference focused on issues facing working women, in particular Family Violence and the We...

The establishment at Victoria University has joined with Murdoch University in its anti worker stance. This time instead of cutting the eba like Murdoch Uni Vu has sacked the Union negotiating committee.  Workers and their supporters were down at the VU city campus on Flinders Street Melbourne while the secretive University Council met. Stick Together was there. News ItemsACTU calls for Living Wag...

This week we deliver your wrap of union news and workers' stories. We also delve deeper into the AFP raids at the AWU, exploring their motivation and the fallout after leaks from the Employment minister's office. We also cross to hear the story of aged care nurses and carers, who are fighting for better pay and improved quality of care for their clients. We take you to their rally out the front of...

The We Won’t Wait Campaign being run by Australian Unions is calling for 20 days paid Domestic Violence Leave. Paid family and domestic violence leave in the National Employment Standards will save lives the unions say. It already covers more than a million Australian workers and they are pushing for it to be a universal workplace condition. Stick Together went down to Flinders St Steps the main r...

Workers from the Bureau of Meteorology have gone 4 years without a pay rise as they negotiate their new agreement. Union members from the CSPU at the BOM have launched another round of rolling strikes while their bosses continue to push a hard-line agenda of unreasonable cuts to rights and conditions. On this weeks' show we hear from some of these CSPU members on strike at a rally in Melbourne. We...

Anti Poverty Network SA conference Oct 20 - 21 a focus on the connection between attacks on Social Security, Poverty and the Employed. Alex White from Unions ACT focus on the underperforming WorkSafe with WeakSafe Campaign.

In addition to your weekly wrap of union news, this week we explore the industrial dispute at ice cream giant, Streets.  Owned by multinational Unilever, the company is seeking to terminate the agreement covering its approximately 150 workers, which would see them forced back on to the minimum standards in the Award. This would be represent an approximately 46% pay cut. To make matters worse, the...

The Maritime Union of Australia opened it’s doors to the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network IPAN  conference and we hear from MUA Assistant National Warren Smith and others about why Peace is Union business.

On this weeks show we hear from Zoe Angus at the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) to talk about the Union’s latest campaign which sees performers, producers, writer, directors and crew join forces to fight for the future of Australia’s screen industry. We also hear from Owen Bennett, president of The Australian Unemployed Workers Union which is currently collecting stories from unemplo...

In addition to your weekly wrap of union news, our feature report this week is the recent nationwide strike of early childhood educators. This strike is the largest of its kind in the sector's history. Union members are standing up for equal pay and professional recognition. We cross to one of the rallies and speak with United Voice's Assistant National Secretary, Helen Gibbons.

News round-up with reports on:Murdoch University the first white collar work place threatened with removal of all conditions and wages to basic award settings. Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia withdraws from the 1800RESPECT helpline, following  shift to a for-profit business model. We give you the background and see how business sees rape as an opportunity. Song: All the Same by Moz who...

News round-up plus we take you on-site to the Longford dispute down in Gippsland where Esso/ UGL have slashed wages and conditions of skilled maintenance workers using the same methods Carlton United tried on at CUB. The men outside the Esso gas plant are in for the long haul. We hear their side of the story.

On this weeks show, along with our regular wrap of union news, we hear from Will Stracke about the same sex marriage postal survey and why Equality Is Union Business. Also, in light of the proposed merger between the CFMEU, MUE and TCFUA we speak to Max Ogden about the history of Union amalgamations in Australia. All those eligible to vote in the postal survey on same sex marriage must update thei...

August 1917 saw one of the biggest industrial actions in Australian history. It began at the  tram and rail workshops in Sydney and spread across Australia as more and more sections of the community went out in support. It was all about the introduction of Talyorism or time and motion structures into the railway work shops. Colin Hesse talks to Pat Cranney about the theatre piece he and Christina...