Stick Together

In addition to a weekly wrap of union news, this week we head to Brisbane where the industrial dispute at the City Council continues to rage. With more unions beginning action, we speak with the QLD RTBU about the strikes and the underlying issues that pushed bus drivers to strike. We also speak with the ASU's Leon Wiergard about another example of an employer trying to teminate an enterprise agre...

Outside Crown Casino in Melbourne the ETU and its supporters re-dubbed Jamie Packers cash cow Frown: A World of Unemployment as maintenance workers are fired as a cost cutting exercise. Greedy, the Fat Cat was there en lieu of Scabby the Rat who the courts decided was too threatening to be allowed to come to demonstrations of worker solidarity.

As well as the regular wrap of News, this weeks show focuses on the Gig Economy and the issues this presents for workers. How does it work? Is there a role for government to protect these workers? What's the role of Unions? We speak with Daniel Victory from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers to discuss the 'gig economy'.

In addition to your weekly wrap of union news, this week we bring you a story of international solidarity that stretches across the Indian Ocean, and beyond. Unionists from Indonesia, Madagascar, Australia and elsewhere are locked in a fight with transnational stevedoring company ICTSI. This company's aggressive industrial stance and disregard for local laws and international labour conventions ma...

Heyfield’s mill threatened with closure while Mytleford workers locked out for 10 weeks with the corporate employer refusing to negotiate. The final outcomes very different but both sending shock waves through the industrial landscape. Ged Kearney Autralian Council Of Trade Unions the ACTU national President as she closes the NextGen 2017 ACTU Conference.

In addition to a weekly wrap of union news, this week we report on the War Against Workers Rally in Melbourne. We also speak with Tony Sheldon about the Senate inquiry into trucking.

The Healthy Welfare Card is a Coalition Government policy that will forcibly restrict 80% of unemployed Australian’s Newstart entitlement to a VISA-style debit card under the pretext of preventing unemployed workers from buying alcohol and drugs. On this week's show Owen Bennett  from the Australian Unemployed Workers Union Joins us by phone to discuss the cashless card program. We also speak with...

In addition to your weekly wrap of national union news, this week we feature highlights of a recent forum, held by the SEARCH Foundation about the importance of penalty rates and the union movement's response to the proposed cuts by the Fair Work Commission.

The Brisbane City Council has "locked out" members of the Electrical Trades Union the ETU for taking legal protected action over roster changes. University Students and Pensioners rallied against the most recent Federal Budget.

In addition to a weekly wrap of union news, this week we report on the Walk with Educators Rally in Melbourne.  We also speak with Denis Rogatyuk about the upcoming UK elections.

On this week's show, along with the weekly news wrap, we're back out the front of the ALP state conference to hear from HACSU about their ongoing fight with the Victorian Labor government over the plans to privatize disability services. Collin Hesse talks to MEAA CEO Paul Murphy about the recent strike at Fairfax and Annie Mcloughlin speaks with Sally McManus about the future struggles of our move...

This week in addition to the weekly wrap of union news, we examine the cuts to higher education included in last week's Federal Budget. We talk with both staff and student representatives about what the cuts will mean. If you'd like to donate to the Carter Holt Harvey workers, you can head to www.myrtleford-whymrabbott.nationbuilder.com

News from Loy Yang, FairFax and Queensland MUA.Privatising of community services is a recipe for putting profit before people. We speak to Simone White from the NSW  Rape and Domestic Violence Service and a ASU member. We will follow up why Ged Kearney from the ACTU resigned from the Federal Governments Ministerial Advisory Council for Skilled Migration (MASCM) as soon as Turnbull announced the 45...

In addition to a weekly wrap of union news, this week we report on the International Workers Memorial Service in Melbourne. We also cover the abuse of traineeship wages in the hospitality sector.

On this week's show we look at the Federal Government's Prepare, Trial and Hire Program, PaTH. First announced in the 2016 Budget and recently launched, despite legislation for it's full implementation not yet passing the senate.

In addition to our weekly wrap of union news, this week we head to the picket line at Fletcher Insulation. Almost 90 members of the AWU are in their ninth week of indefinite strike action. They are fighting against wholesale and savage cuts to their conditions, proposed by their employer - the major building supply group, Fletcher. We hear from the members at the picket about their struggle. If yo...

Attacks on the Boot Test and attacks on workers taking cases to the Fair Work Commission. Accused by business lobby of causing chaos industrially. We talk to Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union to set the record straight. Unionist at Indian's largest car manufacturer (Maruti Suzuki in Haryana and Manesar) have been jailed after a trial that branded them murderers. Workers cal...

In addition to a weekly wrap of union news, this week we report on NUW members taking rollling strike action in Melbourne at McCormick Foods as they protest adjustments to their working hours, paid breaks and a 6% wage cut.  We also cover the rally and occupation at the Rio Tinto offices in Brisbane, after the company broke its Memorandum of Understanding with the MUA.

In addition to a weekly wrap of union news, this week we report on CPSU members working in Medicare, Centerlink and Child support who have been taking strike action as they try and resolve their long fight for a fair enterprise agreement. We also cover the National Union of Students who held rallies across the country on March 22nd. Young workers centre www.youngworkers.org.au

This week on the show, we report on the emergency meeting of young workers held at the Victorian Trades Hall about the proposed cuts to penalty rates. We also speak with the ETU's Dave McKinley to delve deeper into some of the issues surrounding the current debate on energy policy.

Enough’s Enough Stop the Attack on Workers rallies across the nation against penalty rate cuts and the ABCC legislation. Despite rallies as big as 15,000 in Melbourne and Sydney the rallies were under reported. We intend to redress the balance. Sydney Rally link

International Working Women's Day with a focus on #WRAW and #Stopping Gendered Violence At Workplaces.

Last week the Fair Work Commission finally brought down it's decision on Penalty rates for workers working in Retail, Hospitality and at Pharmacy. For the first time in Australian Industrial arbitration a decision was made to cut workers wages. In this program we look at what happened and why it is bad for workers and Australia as a whole.

On 18 January 2016, multinational dairy company Parmalat, locked out around 70 workers from their plan in Echuca. We cross to the picket line to hear the latest in the dispute.  We also speak with Kate Lee from APHEDA about their campaign to eradicate asbestos. If you would like to donate money to the locked out workers at Parmalat, head to www.gofundme.com/support-parmalat-workers

An extended report on the Unemployed Workers Rally Dignity Not Debt End Centelink Debt Debacle held in Melbourne 31st of January. Across the country in fact across the world public assets, those owned by the people, have been given away to business. The closed loop of money spent on services going to the maintenances of services is now going into the pockets of local and over seas share holders. V...