Stick Together

Australia's only national radio show focusing on industrial, social and workplace issues. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network. Our featured recording today comes from the 2016 Marxism Conference. It's a talk titled Hidden Histories: Mt Isa, presented by Tim Arnot and supplied to us by Socialist Alternative. Thanks to Socialist Alternative for making this recording available to Stick Together.As the conflict escalated, the Queensland government declared a state of emergency in January 1965, granting police extraordinary powers. The company locked out workers, and the dispute placed enormous pressure on miners and their families. The consequences continued long after the immediate industrial conflict had subsided.

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