Concrete Gang - 29th May 1977 program

• Promoting the 3AR (Melbourne’s first broadcasting radio station) playout of Concrete Gang program history and highlights - tune in on Monday Nights.

• Song: 1968 live cover of Woody Guthrie’s ‘Jackhammer Blues’, by Pete Seeger & Richie Havens.

• Report, 18th May newsletter updates & current log of claims: including $30 increase & afternoon smoko, MBA agreeing to talks, and walkoffs. Accounts of stop work meetings for national wage increase, walkoffs at 7 city sites with hundreds rank-and-file BLF members marching to MBA headquarters and confronted by police. Reading Norm Gallagher statement on arbitration commission & a private meeting with scaffolders.

• Interview with comrades Mick & Paddy from South Australia, and Neil from Western Australia for interstate BLF campaign updates.

• Song: ‘The Ballad of Frank Gardiner’ - Roger Thwaites

• Continued interview with interstate comrades. Thoughts on Hawke and Fraser.

Presenters: ‘Willy’, ‘Mario’, ‘Joe’, and more.

Also Featuring: Mick & Paddy from BLF SA branch, and Neil from BLF WA.

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