Stick Together

In Todays show we are joined by Thomas Costa, secretary of Unions NSW to discuss Unions NSW report, Working For Free - The New Normal. Unpaid overtime is now common place for the majority of the Australian workforce and things are only getting worse with artificial intelligence.https://unionsnsw.org.au/publication/working-for-free-the-new-normal/

With One Nation setting the agenda on the Immigration numbers in Australia spare a thought for those people who are baring the brunt of the One Nation assault - immigrant workers. Today we hear voices of people experienced in the special brand of exploitation reserved for the latest immigrants arriving on Australian Shores.

Learn about QUT NTEU struggle to win better conditions, workloads and conditions in their current bargaining. Also travel back in time to February 2005, to hear an archival recording of Stick Together on former prime minister John Howard's industrial relations reforms.

Today we follow-up on the Victorian legislation designed to attack the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union hereThen we report on Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) in Victoria's fight against the State's largest disability housing homes provider Scope. On Friday 11/9, workers from 35 disability housing homes walked off the job and rallied outside Scope’s headquarters. Workers and their union have been in negotiations for a new EBA for 2 years here

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 week's episode focuses on metro Melbourne council workers taking industrial action we hear from workers and the ASU.