The Melody of Solidarity

From the stonemasons who fought for an eight-hour workday at the University of Melbourne in 1856 to today’s staff strike at our university, this episode will explore 170 years of labour rights activism in Australia. A famous American singer and civil rights activist, Paul Robertson, will take us back to the 1960s and the power of labour rights protest. But what has changed over the past 170 years, and why does the struggle for workers’ rights continue? Interviewees: Jeff Sparrow James Waghorne Reporter: Xue XueShow Host: Siena Kinkela.Executive Producer: Michael SalibaSound Design: Xue XueMarketing: Megan Yin, Leyla Arrykova.Supervising Producer: Louisa Lim See photos of our objects and more behind the scenes on Instagram at @‌uncuratedpod Uncurated is a Centre for Advancing Journalism podcast, produced at the University of Melbourne on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.