Stick Together

A call for clean energy jobs in NSW after the defeat of the BHP Billion Caroona Coal Plan for Liverpool Plains, then we go to a dispute that is brewing down by the Yarra at Crown Casino and then to a dispute resolved successful for the Victorian Allied Health Professionals. finally We go to the back streets of Abbotsford Melbourne for a large rally supporting the sacked CUB workers

In today's program we will be revisiting the Wave Hill Walk Off which was the beginning of the modern Aboriginal Land rights movement. Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary on August 19-21 called Freedom Day. It began as a workers right dispute but escalated We will follow this with a speech given by Sally McManus Vice President of the ACTU and the Field Director of the Build a Better Future Campai...

Coles management was dealt a heavy blow at the hands of the warehousing workers at the massive cold storage facility in Truganina, in Melbourne's West. The 650 employees, backed by the National Union of Workers, went on an indefinite strike action on July 27th, and within 72 hours achieved a favorable agreement. NUW organiser Heath Lamaro, and the NUW delegate on site, Ryan Laws, tell us about the...

Federal Court ruling against the MUA in the Chevron Gorgon LNG Project dispute over safety issues, Quad bikes the most dangerous killer on farms investigated by the UNSW TARS.

In the 90s and 2000s, we fought against Pauline Hanson and One Nation and won! The  unions have always been at the vanguard of the struggle against fascism and racism -  from workers' militias in Spain during the 1930s, to mobilising against the likes of Hanson  and Reclaim Australia here today. We talk with Michael Clifford from Queensland Council of Trade Unions on the strategies of organizing a...

Two things have popped up that put a big question mark over the Liberal Party's capacity to understand fairness, transparency and the meaning of justice. The first happened during the election concerning the CFA the second happened when Liberal Philip Ruddock retired from parliament and was appointed Australia's Human Rights envoy to the United Nations. We cover these issues and give an update on...

This week we go to the Unions for a response to the cliff hanger election Australia had to have at a federal level. Then we move to the CUB dispute where 54 skilled workers were fired and invited to reapply for their jobs at 65% of their present wages and with reduced conditions.

In the UK, Brexit has shattered the relative stability of ruling Conservative Party and led to the freefall in both the value of the pound and the stock market, while fascists and racists have been given a greenlight to attack foreigners and minorities. Former President of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, Alex Gordon explains the details behind brexit and a trade union response to it. Wil S...

We will be covering three issues in this program. The aftermath of decision against the Coles agreement with SDA the retail union which put thousands of Coles workers out of pocket and a conditions deficit; the issue of unemployment and the Newstart payment that is now 40.2 percent of the national minium wage. And finally the stigma attached to being an older worker in a population which is growin...

La Trobe University academic Roz Ward was suspended with pay recently for allegely bringing the safe schools program she worked on into disrepute because of a personal message on facebook. Althought she has been reinstated questions about freedom of opinion and the University's ability to free itself from right wing lobbists is at question. Workers at Bidzer celebrate after a nine week picket over...

Trade unionists, socialists and community activists face smears from the corporate right-wing press almost everyday, but these last few weeks have been particularly intense. We will talk with Sue Bolton, the Socialist Alliance Councillor for Moreland City Council, about the media backlash against herself and other rally organisers following the anti-racism rally on May 28th. We will also explore t...

 SDA/ Coles agreement fails boot test at the Fair Work Commission in the Hart v Coles case. ETU cry foul as Turnbull budget gives millions to employer groups to train Apprentices. The Women's Unit at the Victorian Trades Hall are running a Women's Conference on June 7.  

In the last few weeks, stories of worker exploitation in fast-food and retail workers have been widespread. McDonalds and 7/11 workers are faced with wage-theft and rotten EBAs.  Josh Cullian, who recently helped to uncover the extent of wage unfairness among the McDonalds' workers joins us. We also speak with Luke Hilakari, the secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council, about the plans for p...

NUW is uncovering the sham contractors who are collecting for big Charities. The Big Steps Case for equal pay for early childhood educators took to the streets on Saturday May 14 to let the public know how under paid and how important early childhood educators are. Homeless persons camp pops up in Melbourne City Square are inflamatory article in local rag Sun Herald

First, we cover the distressing story of Australia's first death at a "Work For The Dole" site. Josh Park Fing's family is crowdfunding for the burial of their son and brother and you can sign the Unemployed Workers Union's petition here. Next, we go to the International Memorial for Workers held at the Victorian Trades Hall on April 28th. Lastly, we attend the final hearing of the Hart v Coles di...

Stick Together's May Day special broadcast.  Listen to rank and file unionists, environmental activists, socialists, anti-poverty campaigners and many more speak about workers' struggles. Contributors to this year's special broadcast include the Maritime Union of Australia, Friends of the Earth, Unemployed Workers' Union and National Union of Workers.

 In this program we will look at some of the reasons the TPP the trans pacific partnership is a problem for workers, we look at two issues of work place safety the recent decision by the Turnbull Government to scrap the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal and a wall collapse at a North Melbourne site onto the footpath. Last cab off the rank in an action packed show we remember that on the 21st of Ap...

As the Senate blocks turnbull's ABCC bill, the stage is now set for an early election for July 2nd. Together with Jerome Small,  we will be looking at the Bernie Sanders phenomenon and the new labor struggles throughout the Mid-West. This will be followed up by an interview with Keelia Fitzpatrick from the Young Workers Centre at Trades Hall about the need to organise and assist young workers in u...

The National Union of Workers (NUW) is carving out a membership from the notoriously exploitatiove workplaces in the Agricultural Industries. This episode of Stick Together gives an insight into how this union is responding to change in Australian working conditions and deregulated markets.

Senator John Madigan was at the March 24 rally for Timor Leste's call for Australia to respect Timor Leste's rightful marine boundaries and the resources there in. Senator Madigan talks about the Timor Leste and the ABCC. CSIRO has been attacked again with cuts to its climate change scientists. A rally on April 2 shows it isn't taking this lying down.

This Easter marks the beginning of the celebrations of the centenary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, when the Irish patriots under the command of James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, T.J. Clarke and others led a revolt against the British Empire and established the first Provisional Government of the Republic of Ireland. Together with the former Connolly Show presenter, Dave Gibney, we will discuss the...

The CPSU is taking it up to the Commonwealth Government with strikes on Monday March 21 in all sections of the Commonwealth Public Service. Over Easter airports will experience disruption when Border Force workers go on strike. After 3 years of the Government refusing to negotiate the Union and its members are pushing back against what the Government calls 'streamlining' but which is actually cuts...

Denis Rogatyuk, the Stick Together producer, has returned from his 3-month trip in Latin America and is ready to hsare the expiriences of social movements confronting the resurgent right wing and neoliberal forces in the region. Also, we commemorate the 160th anniversary of the 8-hour working day and debate the need for a campaign for a 30-hour working week as the way to unify the labor movement....

Work Equality isn't just about wage equivalence. Having work places that plan for women to leave to have children and be able to come back within a year is a measure of Australia's global gender gap rating. The CEO of Breastfeeding Australia says that Australia has fallen to 36th place from a a15th place ten years ago. We speak to Sally Shepherdson about her experience with a company that plans fo...

Two groups went out on the streets last week. Nteu members went on strike and picketed RMIT for wages and conditions for Vocational Education teachers on Monday Feb 22; Fair Go for Pensioners were on Victorian  Parliament steps on Wednesday calling for jobs.