The Docker Podcast

Rico Tortolano from the ITF Dockers Section gives Dan a lesson on the trade union movement in Latin America.

Dan, Steph, Brian, and Zack talk with ILWU International Secretary Treasurer Willy Adams and talk about everything from young workers to what grandma said.

Dan gets Matt Goodwin on the phone from the ITF Asia-Pacific Campaign Centre in Sydney Australia. They Talk about a couple of the ITF's major campaigns dealing with Hutchison and ICTSI. 

Dan, Mike S, and Jason Woods, talk with CUPE 1816 rank and file and leadership about their current dispute with Pacific Blue Cross, live form the picket line.

We could recored 100 episodes talking with the MUA's Mick Doleman with all his stories and accomplishments as a activist and trade union leader and all 100 would be great. This time we got something different. Brother Doleman took the time to tell us a story that very few had ever heard up until a year ago. Listen as Mick tells us the emotional story of the sinking of the Blythe Star, a story of s...

We first met Sara Maguire at ILWU Canada's first Youth Conference. At the time she was a National Youth Delegate for the MUA and we just casuals in our union, long before this podcast existed. We sit down to catch up as see how far we have come.

Adam Tylski from the union Solidarnosc joins us to talk about organizing dockers in Poland.

Mike and Dan sit with returning guests, ILWU 400's Terry Engler and the MUA's Ian Bray. We discuss some of the similarities between the laws and trade deals that attack Canadian and Australian cabotage. 

A North Range Invasion! Retuning guests Torben Seebold, Mark Loridan, Niek Stam and Monique Verbeeck talk with us about taxing robots and defining automation.

Unite the union's Steve Biggs and Nik Rrogocki joins us to talk about the ITF, The Global Alliance, and DP World.

Joulene, Ryan, Zack, Dan, Steph, and Leith sat down to reflect on the LAWCHA 2017 conference, the Ten Guiding Principles, Black Lives Matter, indigenous rights, the ILWU's opposition to Japanese internment, and LAWCHA's invaluable contribution to the labor movement and study of working class history. The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is an organization of labor scholars, tea...

A day after her presentation on gender segregation in lashing, ILWU Local 502's Jessica Isbister sat with us to talk about her story about being a women working as a ILWU Longshoremen.

live from the ITF Meetings in Cape Town, we sit with Peter Lahay, Daniel Tremblay, and Christian Roos and talk about the ITF Regain Lashing Campaign, and how dockers in Montreal aren't just supporting the campaign, but joining to regain their own lashing.

As the rolling strikes continue on Spanish docks, we sit and talk with Jorge Garcia Faerna, General Secretary of FSC-CCOO in Spain. Jorge gives us the whole story on what struggles are being faced by Spanish dockers.

The Dans wrap up the Co-recordings from the MAU WA branch conference with two leaders who are not afraid to make big changes. Christy Cain (MUA) and Mick Buchan talk walk with us about the weeks proceedings and the future of these great unions as they go forward with the merger.

The Dans start with talking with Troy Grey, General Secretary for the ETU and there dispute with CUB witch disrupted the flow of something both Australians and Canadians feel strongly about,......BEER!. Then retuning to the show from the MUA National office Will Tracy and Ian Bray. They talk with us about the importance of political action and some of the MUA successes in political action.

Live from Cape Town Ray Familathe, Torben Seebold, Jorge Garcia Faerna, Paddy Crumlin, and the entire ITF Dockers section have a message for the Spanish government.  

In this episode we continue our co-recored episodes with a discussion about safety. The Dans speak with Mick Cross the MUA National Safety Training Officer, and bob Benkesser a OH&S Officer for the WA Branch of the CFMEU. We talk about some of the similarities and differences of our systems and structures that governs safety in our countries.

3 sperate conversations with some of the CFMEU's current leaders. First John Setka, then Dave Noonen, and lastly Michel O'Connor.

These next two conversations were with two great old timers. Fred Krousert MUA Veteran, and then Joe MacDonald, National press of the the CFMEU Construction division. While he isn't a past leader yet, he did he is still a big influence on young workers.

First Dan and Dan Talk with MUA WA youth delegates Ryan Furtado and Phil Swanston. After that we sit with Stephen and Dave, two CFMEU young workers. Lastly we talk with Matt and Royce, two young rank and file warfies from Fremantle.

As part of joint recording between The Docker Podcast and a new podcast coming from the MUA WA Branch, Dan and Dan get a chance to talk shop with two power house leaders, Jackie Smith from the ITF and Michelle O'Neil of TCFUA.

Dan, Steph, Sunny, sit and talk with Ravi Kahlon from the the NDP, and some how retired ILWU Canada President Mark Gordienko gets  few words in. We talk to Ravi about his history, and how the NDP plans to make the province a better place for working people, and how they plan to undue the damage created by a reckless Preimier.

We sit down with 2 representatives of the ITF Young Workers Committee. Andrew Dinaala of SATAWU in South Africa, and Preeti Singh of the AIRF in India.