1980s & 90s mining disputes in Tas

CMEU arrests & Firefighters protest in Victoria

Steel workers save Australia's capacity to make local steel with historic deal while the Senate Inquiry into working visas exploittion branches out.

Several weeks ago, The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) began talks about a possible merger in order to create a militant mega union. Shortly afterwards, the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union (TCFUA) also began to be involved in the talks. Are we on the verge of seeing the rise of the One Big Union in Australia? Joining us for the show will be Dave Kerin, the project-officer of EarthWorker Cooperative and a former activist with the Builders Labourers' Federation and the CFMEU, and Liz Ross, a long-time union activist, labor historian and the author of "Dare To Struggle, Dare To Win".

A jam-packed episode full of stories of workers' struggle, unity and fight for social justice. We will cover the National Union of Workers' Fluro Fightback, featuring Van Badham, Father Bob McGuire and Gary Maas. We will interview SDA activist Duncan Hart about his latest appeal to the Fair Work Commission in protest to the deal between the union and Coles management to cut penalty rates. We will also talk to a member of the MLDC 3 about the wildcat strike at the WoolWorths distribution center back in August. We will finish off with an update from the National Tertiary Education Union Victorian State Secretary, Colin Long, about a series of victories they've had in the last few weeks!

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