Right To Change Radio

Joan speaks from the heart on where we are and what we must do to make the change we desire  Covering subjects affecting us all  

Cost of living, 

Government action,  

Union Support and 

Call for Change 

What we can do  Where do we go from here...  

Remember when the Demand out of protest comes..  Please do step forward and join the struggle  

Music in the Podcast 

Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit"  

https://youtu.be/-DGY9HvChXk    

Annie Lennox - Jennifer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3d00qhrgQE     

Tracy Chapman - Talkin' About A Revolution  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv8FBjo1Y8I  

Educate, Agitate, Organise. and Demand the Change you wish to see for all in society.

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Right To change Radio talks with Lorna from An Rabharta Glas – Green  Left on the many issues, 

including Climate Change, Cop26, Climate Crises  and Capitalism unable to separate the two, Climage Crises is a class  issue, Eco Austerity, GreenWashing, Fossil fuel use, Working Class, Just  transition and more..   

Music suggested by Lorna can be listened to in full in the links below  

Luke Kelly - The Springhill Mining Disaster https://youtu.be/jm3sTc86Tto  

A Man's World - Marina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcgvxXPCQQw  

Rory Gallagher - Crest of a wave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmir9e7B-VI

Right To change Radio talks with Juiia from Unite Hospitality Branch on the many issues seen in the sector, from wages to the failure of workers to have the right to take a break .. 

Julia is one fo the great workers who chose to stand up for her rights and take her employer to task on issues in the workplace, she has since gone on to help others through the Hospitality Branch in Unite.  To contact do contact through Unite.

During the podcast, Julia talks of workers experiences during Covid, of the Fire and Rehire policy in some workplaces, of Covid.. She Speaks of PUP payment and the reality workers have and currently experience in the hospitality industry .. 

She speaks of workers working Sundays but on normal pay, Sick pay and more.. 

Know your rights, become educated .. Join your Union .. - https://www.unitetheunion.org/?fbclid=IwAR3JyyUtNHqpwUPVRHfcSz4lbafFz7FCQsi94D95LS6wdDK_A8pn5WA8-x4

Unite Hospitality ROI - https://www.facebook.com/unitetheunion.org

Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IfmiKnZi3E

Bob Marley Get up Stand up 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJ0q7X3DLM

Paola Nutini - Iron Sky 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELKbtFljucQ

Right to Change Radio talks to TJ Hogan on the recent Ombudsman report regarding living conditions on local authority sites, discrimination and more.

He talks of experiences, reactions and opinions offered to him. Of Political opinion and willingness offered, of local and European political help, and the growth of bullying as seen daily in social media.

He talks of standing again for election and his reasons for doing it.

But most importantly he talks as a dad, with words worth listening to.

The Report is Generated from a complaint in 2018 from a Traveller Advocacy Group, where 66 Children and their families were living. Or to put it in the description of its original design, a site designed for 10 families .. where up to 38 families have recently been living.

The report found the following failures.

· A persistent problem with rodent infestation

· Inadequate sanitation

· Extreme overcrowding

· Safety concerns about access to the site

· Illegal dumping nearby

· Inconsistent and inadequate waste disposal

· Inadequate heating systems

· Unsafe and inadequate electrical works

· A high rate of childhood illness caused by living conditions.

· No amenities or safe play areas for children

· Housing applications for some families not being progressed.

Do take time to Join Right To change Radio and listen to an inspirational young man .

Ombudsman report

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office presents No End in Site; An investigation into the living conditions of children living on a local authority site. - https://www.oco.ie/app/uploads/2021/05/No-End-in-Site-FINAL-..pdf

Wolfe Tones – Only our Rivers run free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuTDPgwUiF4

Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ About a Revolution .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv8FBjo1Y8I

Garth Brooks – The River

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DIsnfHWTxk

Right To Change Radio talks with Jane Crowe Shop Steward Debenhams Henry St

"Almost 1,000 workers across 11 stores balloted for industrial action last year after around 2,000 – 1,400 directly employed staff, 500 concession staff and 300 cosmetic staff – lost their jobs.

The workers want to see the recommendations of a 2016 report on workers’ rights implemented.

The report, which was published by Kevin Duffy and Nessa Cahill, centred on employment rights where companies separate assets from their operations by moving those assets into a separate legal entity.

The report’s recommendations have never been enacted."

Jane is one of these workers left down by the failure to act in the interests of workers after Clery's closure.

Joan Collins put a private members motion forward that mandate stated - “The time for talking and reviews is now over. What we need is action. This motion today will illustrate to the Debenhams workers which side TDs and political parties are on.”

“What we’ve seen throughout this pandemic is that where there’s a will there’s a way. The government insisted they couldn’t implement rent freezes or ban evictions because they would be unconstitutional. Then they went and implemented that exact legislation at the start of the COVID19 crisis. This proposal from Joan Collins and the Independent group is less complex and is entirely possible if the government were to prioritise workers for once.”

Text Source - https://www.thejournal.ie/debenhams-strike-anniversary.../

https://mandate.ie/.../mandate-trade-union-calls-on-all.../

Private Motion Debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLNYGmUzryg

Dail Record - https://www.oireachtas.ie/.../debate/dail/2020-09-16/18/

https://www.oireachtas.ie/.../debate/dail/2020-09-23/30/...

Right To Change radio talks Dr Conor McCabe, on the Recent 'Hungry Bellies are not Equal to Full Bellies: Exploring Inequality and Deprivation in Ireland' report he worked on for Unite the Union.

As Always an informal conversation on matters that matter, and Just a little music along the way ..

Hungry Bellies are not Equal to Full Bellies: Exploring Inequality and Deprivation in Ireland -  Report download  - https://bit.ly/3uOaN3j

#HungryBellies

Unite the Union, Republic of Ireland

General and informal conversation on Covid the rise of the far right with Cieran Perry - Dublin City Councillor - Cabra Glasnevin 

General and Informal conversation with Catherine Connolly Galway East regarding the The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation Report 

Full report - https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/d4b3d-final-report-of-the-commission-of-investigation-into-mother-and-baby-homes/

Conversation with Michelle from Debenhams