May Day Program 2026: Why Peace is Union Business, Teacher's campaigning in Victoria & 1986 50-day Nurses Strike

Friday, 1 May 2026 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.

Part of 3CR's May Day coverage join Green Left radio with special interviews and discussions with long-time trade union activists.

Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Zane Alcorn

Interviews and Discussions

Tim Gooden, former Secretary of the Geelong Trades Hall, long-time union activist and retired construction worker joined the program to talk about his experiences as a union secretary and why Trade Unions need to take up the issues of opposing war and campaigning for peace. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Norrian Rundle is a retired teacher and union activist with a long history of involvement in rank and file teacher groups within the union joins the program on May Day to talk about her experiences and her involvement in the campaign to stop the closure of Richmond Secondary College in the 1990s. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Lalitha Chelliah, retired nurse and one of the founding presenters of Green Left Radio joined the program to discuss the historic 50-day 1986 Victorian nurses and midwives strike and it's significance for unionists today. You can listen to the individual interview here.

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