The Premier Campbell Newman's been coasting along on a wave of unpopularity since the Liberal National Party government took an axe to the public sector and revealed their privatisation ambitions.

QLD unionists are in fighting form although still reeling from the 10s of thousands of jobs lost and countless public services closed or outsourced.

On the show this week QLD Nurses Union secretary Beth Mohle, Together QLD secretary Alex Scott and ETU organiser and Not4Sale rabble rouser Stuart Traill.