Episodes

Super Freeze chills nurses plus Vic ambos update

17 Sep 2014
The impact of the freeze on compulsory super contributions and the continuing campaign for workplace justice for Victorian paramedics
Danny Hill and Annie Butler

Unions oppose Fair Work amendments; NZ election report

10 Sep 2014
Ged Kearney, President ACTU, talks about the Abbott government's Fair Work amendment bill. Followed by discussion about labour and class politics in New Zealand/Aotearoa with Joe Carolan, UNITE union organiser and candidate for the MANA party in the upcoming elections.
Diana Beaumont, Ged Kearney, Joe Carolan

Abbott's New WorkChoices

3 Sep 2014
New laws that will throw working conditions back decades in front of the Senate now.
Annie McLoughlin

Tasmanian liberals attack union bargaining and protest rights; APHEDA union aid abroad

27 Aug 2014
Mat Johnston, CPSU, talks about the Tasmanian state government's three-pronged attack on union bargaining and the right to protest. Then Kate Lee talks about the humanitarian programs of union aid abroad APHEDA.
Diana Beaumont, Jack Barry, Mat Johnston, Kate Lee

Greg Combet Speaks

20 Aug 2014
launch of Combet's book insights into key union disputes
Annie McLoughlin

8 week lock-out at Ausreo Sydney; Indonesian election analysis

13 Aug 2014
Steve Murphy, AMWU, reports on the 8 week lockout of workers at Ausreo in Sydney. Then Amalinda Savirani analyses the results of Indonesia's latest presidential election.
Diana Beaumont, Jack Barry, Steve Murphy, Amalinda Savirani

Right wing government elected in India; industrial battleground on the WA coast

6 Aug 2014
Today we discuss the new Indian government's agenda of labour law reform and privatisation. Also the MUA's campaign exploitation of foreign workers on offshore rigs.
Diana Beaumont, Sujata Gothoskar, Christy Cain

Emergence Service v Vic Gov

30 Jul 2014
Long term disputes between paramedics & fire fighters in an election year with Vic Gov
Annie McLoughlin
OH&S 1953 style on building site at Spencer St Melbourne

OH&S under attack

23 Jul 2014
A safety crisis on the Australian Waterfront uncovers assault on OH&S
Annie McLoughlin Dr Verna Blewett Warren Smith Dr Gerry Ayres

Stick Together - Episode 201407160830

16 Jul 2014
Royal Commision into Unions, UK public Sector Strike and the Earthworker Coop
Denis Rogatyuk, Kevin Bracken and Dave Kerin
Marching along Swanston on the way to Parliament House

March for a Fair Australia

9 Jul 2014
March for a Fair Australia
Annie McLoughlin
Basics card

Tax avoidance causes budget deficit; possible expansion of Centrelink's "income management" scheme

2 Jul 2014
Today's show explores the issues of tax avoidance by corporations and wealthy individuals, and the possible expansion of Centrelink's “income management” program.
Diana Beaumont, David Tennant, Mark Zirnsak

Gerry Conlon; Rise of Podemos in Spain and NUW Community

25 Jun 2014
A tribute to Gerry Conlon - falsely-accused and wrongly-imprisoned outspoken critic of injustice. Followed by reports on mass mobilizations and the rise of Podemos in Spain with Dick Nichols (Green Left Weekly), and a discussion about NUW community membership with Godfrey Moase.
Gerry Conlon (Past Recording), Dick Nichols and Godfrey Moase
Bentley blockade

Fight Back Against A Terror Budget and Ecocide

18 Jun 2014
Hear about the successful rally in Melbourne against the federal budget, and the enormous mobilisation against coal seam gas extraction in Northern NSW.
Jack Barry, Colin Long, Drew Hutton

Not Neighbourly - cuts to the arts

11 Jun 2014
dispute on Neighbours set & cuts to arts organisations
Annie McLoughlin