Concrete Gang - 12th June 1977 program

Listeners note: some issues with audio quality (including the short disruption in the middle of this show) are due to AM dial use during time of recording).

This is a good example of early Concrete Gang listeners recording episodes on their own radios; thank-you to those who diligently kept records of the early days. 

• Scotland beat England in soccer & Fraser is PM

• A Big Joke: Prices and wage freeze; wage indexation 6 months behind CPI.

• Report: some successes in $30 wage increase & afternoon smoko taken and enjoyed, despite that time being docked from pay.

• Response letter from BLF to Costain Australia Ltd: Austin hospital job workers pushing back against bosses docking arvo smoko pay & threatening to go to arbitration commission.

• Northern suburbs stoppage over national award.

• Big discussions on cost of living pressures: spouses & wives also feeling the crunch, cost of beer & the state of supply and demand.

• Song: Tar and Cement - Verdelle Smith

• A phone call on the log of claims.

• AMA Report: Double standards with blue collar vs white collar sentencing - last week a doctor defrauded Medibank $260,000, and a 24-year-old on the dole going down for 18 months

• Updates & community events: Election ballot papers due soon, reminder to register for Long Service Leave, go see a movie on Woody Guthrie, monthly meeting upcoming. Come to 20 Coromwell St Collingwood to join plans for our show at 3CR. Write in with your constructive feedback.

Personnel: 'Mick', 'Mario', 'Gabby', 'Willy', 'Colin', and more.

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