Stick Together

Dec 10 2024 580 ep. 1.1k

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Australia's only national radio show focusing on industrial, social and workplace issues. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

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UWU Warehouse Dispute, QUBE, NTEU Wage Theft

Today we go outside the Federal Court in Melbourne with National Tertiary Education Union members who are getting their day in court over the system wage theft they have experienced; we give an update on the UWU warehouse dispute with Woolworths; and the QUBE gaming of the Fair Work Act.

Support the striking Woolies Warehouse workers!

No doubt you’ve noticed the empty shelves at Woolworths stores across the Eastern states of Australia, and you’ve also heard that it’s owing to industrial action. On today's program, we speak with Dario Mujkic from the United Workers Union about the strike of 1800 Woolworths warehouse workers across 3 different states. Plus some union news.Support the strike fund here.

UWU Warehouse Strikes, CFMEU Death, NSW Nurses out for Respect

The UWU members working at Woolworths Warehouse sites handling liquor in Victoria and NSW and affecting some sites in Queensland are on indefinite strike leading up to Christmas. Dario Mujkic from the UWU spoke to Green Left 3cr on Friday November 22.We hear from a CFMEU organiser who was at the site of a death of a member at a Victorian Wind Farm recently.We go to the rally for Nu

NDIS changes not what the DR ordered

Stick Together is a half-hour weekly show about workers rights and current affairs. Stick Together features interviews with workers, unionists, community campaigners and academics from right across Australia.This episode of stick together speaks about the new changes to the NDIS with an interview from Greens senator Jordan Steele John.

NSW rally against CFMEU administration

Some highlights from the NSW stopwork rally against CFMEU administration on Tuesday 12 November. The NSW administrators engaged in intimidation and threats against workers to try to prevent the rally from going ahead, but you can’t stop genuine unionists from fighting for their right to have a democratic union and a choice in their representation.As well as some union news.Here's

Workplace Safety & Disability Wage Theft

Two features from the shop floor this week. First the experience of turning an unsafe workplace into one that is able to support its workers.Last week the 2024 Victoria Trades Hall Council HSR conference addressed the topic of OHS skills for active Health and Safety Representatives. We hear one of the featured workplace stories from the conference. We follow up with part of a discu

Unions & Palestine; Defend the CFMEU

On today’s program we come back to this issue of union solidarity for the struggle in Palestine. We will hear from rank and file unionist working for the public service, Judy McVey talk about the history so far with union support for the struggle, and why workers need to keep fighting.We will also continue our coverage of the CFMEU administration – last week on the show we cove

Westgate Bridge Disaster Memorial

First we talk with workers compensation Laywer Michelle Tran about Vietnamese workers who are affected by silica dust who are missing out on the financial and medical support they need. We remember the Westgate Bridge disaster. 54 years ago the Westgate Bridge collapsed killing 35 workers outright in Australia’s worst construction disaster to date. We go to this years memorial.

CFMEU attacks impact all workers

Ralph Edwards former Victorian President of the CFMEU and BLF member speaks at migrant workers meeting in Melbourne on the attacks on the CFMEU, lessons for workers and the hostory of the BLF deregistration campaign.

Stick Together

We hear from the Refugee Rally supported by the UWU. We hear from Defend The Union, Defend the CFMEU. We hear from Union voices in support of Palestine in this darkest time.