Concrete Gang - 2nd October 1977 program

• Gabby reports: last Wednesday at arbitration court, big guns from the Trades Council (Hawke, Nolan, etc) intervened on the Council's behalf in the dispute between the Builders Labourers Federation and the Master Builders Association, re Clause 473 - fines and jailtime. Arbitration on our side. 

• Recap of the claims the unions have put forward and what's to be won.

• Discussions on the Herald headline 'ACTU Wins The Building Reprieve' (Wednesday 28th September 1977)

• SONG: 'I Like to Sleep Late in The Morning' by Jerry Jeff Walker

• Concrete Gang message of support for the La Trobe Valley workers on strike, reading a telegram of solidarity from mass meeting of local scaffolders. 

• Discussions on lack of safety in the industry, coz bosses don’t profit off of workers' safety.

• Report on the Newport Picket - rocks thrown from scabs inside when scaffold hands went down after meeting last Thursday to erect a scaffold to photograph the site. No response from police, as expected.

• Get a hold of the Spring issue of the Journal of the Australian Construction Employees (ABCE) & Builders Labourers Federation (BLF), which includes good information about uranium in Australia.

• SONG: 'Rosie' by Max Merritt and the Meteors

• Another callout for Fighting Fund for workers at Collins Place, the Hole, SSB bank (State Savings Bank of Victoria), Elizabeth st. Members have been out for close to 10 weeks now; dig deep when the hat comes around to your job site. 

• Discussions about the U.S. ‘United Farm Workers’ led by Cesar Chavez, and reading and discussion of the San Francisco article 'Vineyard Workers Reject Union Bid', from September 28th 1977. Links to McCarthy era union-bashing and local Australian news.

• SONG: 'Gooseball Brown' by The Relaxed Mechanics

• SONG: 'Billy of Tea' by The Bushwackers

Presenters: 'Willie', 'Gabby', 'Mario', and more.

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