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Community Organising - Lessons for Australian Unions

4 Mar 2015

Community Organizing among trade unions is on the rise again, so what can we learn from the experiences around the world? We will take a look at the Community Membership initiative of Unite the Union in Britain, as well as the work conducted by political organising centre, Trademark, among Catholic and Protestant communities in Belfast. Interviews with Kelly Tomlinson (Unite the Union) and Stevie Nolan (Trademark).

Kelly Tomlinson (Unite the Union) and Stevie Nolan (Trademark)

Coles meat workers resist pay cuts; Greens push for portable long service leave.

25 Feb 2015

Coles tries to cut pay and conditions by shutting the meat workers union out of its latest EBA, and the Greens push for portable long-service leave rights across Australia

Diana Beaumont, Tammy Franks, Paul Conway

The Vexing issue of Working Visas

11 Feb 2015

conditions and wages scandals in 457 and 417 visa employment

Annie McLoughlin, Dave Kelly, Tim Nelthorpe, David French

Queensland Election, Right2Water in Ireland and Basque state repression

4 Feb 2015

Analyzing the results of the Queensland election, reporting on the progress of the Right2Water campaign in Ireland and hearing from the LAB trade union in the Basque country about the recent repression by the Spanish Civil Guard

. Interviews with Ted Sussex (Victorian Trades Hall Council), Dave Gibney (Right2Water, Mandate Trade Union), Gaizka Zuriarain (LAB).

Melbourne factory sit-in, Greek elections, workers control in Argentina

28 Jan 2015

Workers occupy their lunch-room in Melbourne, reflections on SYRIZA's victory in the Greek elections and report on the latest developments in Argentina's workers control movement.

Andrew Ingles, Peter Murphy, Jack Barry

QLD elections: Newman v. unions

21 Jan 2015

Stick Together 21.01.2015

Beth Mohle, Stuart Traill, Alex Scott

Penalty Rates Attack & Short Term Mobility Visas

14 Jan 2015

Ged Kearney talks about the two pronged attack on Penalty

Ged Kearney, Chris Wright

Basque Independence Struggle (Repeat)

7 Jan 2015

Stick Together producer, Denis Rogatyuk, is back from his trip with an exciting and fresh new topic - the Basque independence struggle, the question of political prisoners and the current negotiations between the Basque nationalists and the Spanish state. Interviews with Inakia Landa and Beatriz Morales (Exterat), Teresa Toda (Sare) and Maite Ubiria (SORTU).

Denis Rogatyuk, Inakia Landa and Beatriz Morales (Etxerat), Teresa Toda (Sare) and Maite Ubiria (SORTU)

Refugee Justice and Labor

31 Dec 2014

As refugees are forcibly removed Stick Together's Elena McMaster asks Robin Rothfield, national co-convenor of Labor for Refugees for a round-up of the current situation and about the role for organised labour and parliamentary Labor in fighting for justice for refugees.

Elena McMaster, Chris Breen, Robin Rothfield

Victorian campaign poster 2014

Put the Liberals Last Campaign

24 Dec 2014

Ambos & Fireys at the fore front of the defeat of the Victorian Government

Annie McLoughlin Peter Marshall Danny Hill

Basque Independence Struggle

17 Dec 2014

Stick Together producer, Denis Rogatyuk, is back from his trip with an exciting and fresh new topic - the Basque independence struggle, the question of political prisoners and the current negotiations between the Basque nationalists and the Spanish state. Interviews with Inakia Landa and Beatriz Morales (Exterat), Teresa Toda (Sare) and Maite Ubiria (SORTU).

Denis Rogatyuk, Inakia Landa and Beatriz Morales (Etxerat), Teresa Toda (Sare) and Maite Ubiria (SORTU)

Justice for Workers with Disabilities

3 Dec 2014

This week on Stick Together we catch up with Martin Stewart, president of the Blind Workers Union of Victoria to check in on the vision-impaired workers sacked by Vision Australia from their warehouse last year.

Martin Stewart and Kairsty Wilson

Unionist picket local electorate offices

Electorate office pickets & Chinese Free Trade Deal

26 Nov 2014

South Coast NSW reaction to Government Corporate Cliques

Annie McLoughlin Arthur Rorris

Protesters in Brisbane highlighted the anti-people policies of the TPPA

G20 and Protests in Mexico

19 Nov 2014

Interview about the G20 and its free trade agenda. And in Mexico mass protests, led by the teachers union (CNTE), have been blocking roads and burning government buildings.

Diana Beaumont, Jack Barry, Pat Ranald

Aboriginal Stolen Wages

12 Nov 2014

Thousands of Aboriginal people had their wages stolen by the Commonwealth in QLD. We caught up with elder Aunty Dawn Daylight for her story of forced removal and indentured labour and Dr. Ros Kidd for some background on the issue.

Aunty Dawn Daylight and Dr. Ros Kidd