Stick Together

This week on the show we speak with TWU national secretary Tony Sheldon about the Fair Work Ombudsman's legal action against Foodora for alleged wage theft and sham contracting. We also speak with Tasmanian CPSU secretary about what the recent state budget means for public sector workers on the Apple Isle.It's been a big week for strike and industrial action. As always we bring you a wrap of the week's union news and workers' stories.

On Friday June 1, the first day of Winter the Fair Commission handed down the annual Minuim Wages Case. We hear from workers why it isn’t enough and more about the big end of towns guzzling ways.Melbourne University is ranked as one of the top universities in Australia but is this on the back of workers who have wages stagnation and work overload? In the latest enterprise bargaining the National Tertiary Education Union the NTEU members has put in place in-definite bans as an incentive for management to improve wages and conditions. We speak with Steve Adams, Melbourne NTEU branch secretary for an update.News : Strike for Pay by Downer Group workers/ ACT crane drive charged with manslaughter/ New Vic Laws to protect ambos also extend to Police

On this week's show we talk to Jane Green from Vixen Collective and Elena Jeffereys from Respect Inc about  sex work and how these workers organise in a space which has legal barriers faced by no other group of workers in Australia. These collectives work to support and better sex worker rights in regards to legal, health, industrial, civil concerns. We also here from Lori-anne Sharp from ANMF about the ratios for age care campaign. for more information visit about sex work organisation discussed on this show visithttps://www.respectqld.org.au/ and http://vixencollective.net/for more information and to support the ANMF’s ratio campaign visit http://anmf.org.au/campaign/entry/ratios-for-aged-care

Indigenous workers are fighting CDP - Kara Keyes from the ACTU explains.The closing of factories, unemployment and lack of investment in manufacturing in Australia has been turned around apparently by massive investment in manufacturing weapons and other war requirements. We hear from Jacob Grech who spoke at this years May Day Rally in Melbourne about what this means on the ground.

This week on the show, we head to the UK and speak with union organiser Hazel Nolan about Britain's Trades Union Congress' campaign for a "New Deal for Workers". We discuss the recent mobilisation in London and examine the similarities and differences between the "New Deal" campaign and the Australian movement's efforts to Change the Rules.We also speak with the CPSU's Lisa Newman about what the recent Federal Budget means for workers at Centrelink and those who seek to access the welfare system.An extended interview with Lisa can be found here.

The mass rally of workers in Melbourne on May 9th  - the last event in the Australian Council of Trade Unions 12 days of action to rally Australian workers to the Change the Rules campaign was a cracker. Over 100,000 workers took over Melbourne CBD from unions across the spectrum of Australian work places. Public sector and private sector, public servants and farm workers suits and ties boiler suits and hard hats. Lining up to call for change some balance to industrial laws in this country.

People are ready to take action to change the rules and win more secure jobs and fair pay rises. On today’s show we whip around the country to bring voices and speeches from the May Day celebrations and Change the Rules rallies from the last week in Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.

As we move in to rallies across the country to Change the Rules and celebrate Labour Day workers took a moment to remember their fallen comrades who left for work one day but never returned. We go outside Victorian Trades Hall to the ceremony held on 27th of April. We then go to Queensland where Stick together reporter Craig Gaerett talks with Beth Mohle, secretary of the Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union (QNMU) as they prepare for their rally on May the 7th.

This week on the show, in addition to your wrap of union news, we take you to the all-delegates meeting, held at Melbourne Town Hall on Tuesday 17 April. This meeting launched the ACTU's 12 days of action to change the rules.  We hear from rank and file delegates from both inside and outside, including excerpts from speeches delivered at the meeting.

Stick Together in step with the ACTU call for 12 Days of Action to change the rules we have a special feature on a monumental strike action recently carried out in West Virginia by teachers who took illegal strike action and won pay and conditions for public workers in their state. Their actions have seen other teachers also standing up in other states in America calling for their rights as we speak. What happened? How did they win? Are there lessons for us in their fight back?12 days of action to change the ruleshttps://www.australianunions.org.au/12_days_of_action