Episodes

Jobs and democracy crisis

19 Feb 2014
Ged Kearney gives Abbott government low jobs score & Napthine silencing laws get the thumps down from civil rights lawyers
Annie McLoughlin

Toyota to close Victorian factory

12 Feb 2014
We discuss Toyota's decision to close its Victorian assembly plant in 2017 – marking the end of car assembly in Australia. Interviews about job losses, government subsidies, allegations of Toyota's international union-busting and more.
Diana Beaumont, Nixon Apple, Andrew Beer, Jiselle Hanna, Anita Chan

The Media Attacks Unions

5 Feb 2014
The past week has seen several prominent reports in the media attacking trade unions. We seek out a response from unions
Jack Barry, Luke Hilikari, Campaigns Coordinator and Trades Hall, Tim Gooden General Secretary of the The Trades and Labour Council, Geelong, and Dave Kerin, long time union activist and campaigner.

Unions in a troubled work landscape

29 Jan 2014
Unions have renewed relevance in a trouble work landscape in Aust
Annie McLoughlin

Direct Action

22 Jan 2014
New laws threaten democratic protest
Annie McLoughlin

Percy Brookfield and the radical history of Broken Hill (part 2)

15 Jan 2014
Interview with author Paul Adams about the extraordinary political life of Percy (Jack) Brookfield, unionist, anti-war campaigner and radical parliamentarian from Broken Hill (1875 – 1921).
Diana Beaumont, Paul Adams

Percy Brookfield and the radical history of Broken Hill (part 1 of 2)

8 Jan 2014
The extraordinary political life of Percy (Jack) Brookfield, unionist, anti-war campaigner and radical parliamentarian from Broken Hill (1875 – 1921). We also discuss the radical union history of Broken Hill.
Diana Beaumont, Paul Adams

Unionism and Democracy underthreat in Australia

1 Jan 2014
Ged Kearney, ACTU President, speaks
Annie McLoughlin

Mandela speech to Aust Unionists 1990

18 Dec 2013
Mandela speaks at Melb Town Hall after his release from prison
Annie McLoughlin

Jobs at Holden and Qantas

11 Dec 2013
We discuss the future of Holden and Australian manufacturing, with former AMWU economist, Nixon Apple. Then Lisa White, National Assistant National Secretary ASU, talks about how working conditions differ between Qantas and its low-cost subsidiary Jetstar.
Diana Beaumont, Nixon Apple, Linda White

Disability and work

4 Dec 2013
focus on disabled workers fight for paid work
Annie McLoughlin

The Communist Party and the Trade Union Movement.

27 Nov 2013
Douglas Jordan discusses the Communist Party of Australia's activism in trade unions, Aboriginal rights campaigns, the anti-war movement, communists' relationship with the Labor Party and more.
Diana Beaumont, Doug Jordan, Jack Barry

Voices from the Front line

20 Nov 2013
Union Activists fight for fairer outcomes in workplaces.
Annie McLoughlin

Filipino rig workers paid $2.68/hour, RACV workers strike

13 Nov 2013
Fair Work Australia rules that it was legal for Filipino migrant workers to be paid $2.68 an hour on a Maersk drilling rig off WA coast. RACV call centre workers stop work for the 7th time in support of their EBA campaign.
Diana Beaumont, Christy Cain, David Leydon

Fighting Fireys and the NTEU in court

6 Nov 2013
Fire Fighters in NSW & Queensland fight cuts; NTEU beat Swinburne Uni in Court
Annie McLoughlin