Episodes

Morwell: Disaster in the Valley

9 Apr 2014
The lack of Government response in the 1st two weeks to the noxious coal smoke covering Morwell because of the fire in the opencut at Hazelwood
Annie McLoughlin
Striking Indonesian worker.

National strike in Indonesia

2 Apr 2014
A special program on Indonesian unions, covering the national strike of 2.5 to 3 million workers in October 2013, and the reprisal attacks on workers by organised gangs dating back to the Suharto period.
Diana Beaumont, Kirsty Hoban, Zely Ariane, Surya Tjandra

Updates: March in March, Tertiary Education cuts, Super A Mart

26 Mar 2014
Dissent and fightbacks: going behind the scenes of March in March, tertiary education cuts and the students' response, followed by industrial action at Super A Mart. Interviews with Tim Jones (March in March organiser), Sarah Garnham (National Union of Students) and Alycia Economidis (NUW).
Denis Rogatyuk, Tim Jones, Sarah Garnham, Alycia Economidis

Stick Together - Episode 201403190830

19 Mar 2014
Coverage of the March in March
Jack Barry

Strike at Super Amart; campaign for 36 hour working week

12 Mar 2014
Interview about strike at warehouse of Super Amart in Melbourne, with NUW delegate Chad Wyatt. Then we talk about construction workers' fight to reduce working hours to 36 per week, with Dean Mighell, former ETU secretary.
Diana Beaumont, Chad Wyatt, Dean Mighell

IWD special protest songs

5 Mar 2014
Protest songs from women activists with Lynn Beaton
Annie McLoughlin & Lynn Beaton

Workers' control and cooperatives

26 Feb 2014
Exploring forms and types of workers control and co-operatives in Australia and Venezuela.
Felix Gazmanov, Ewan Robertson, Antony McMullen, Dave Kerin

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.