Stick Together

In addition to our weekly wrap of union news, this week we head to the picket line at Fletcher Insulation. Almost 90 members of the AWU are in their ninth week of indefinite strike action. They are fighting against wholesale and savage cuts to their conditions, proposed by their employer - the major building supply group, Fletcher. We hear from the members at the picket about their struggle.If you'd like to donate to their fighting fund, head to www.gofundme.com/awu-fletcher-insulation-strike

Attacks on the Boot Test and attacks on workers taking cases to the Fair Work Commission. Accused by business lobby of causing chaos industrially. We talk to Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union to set the record straight.Unionist at Indian's largest car manufacturer (Maruti Suzuki in Haryana and Manesar) have been jailed after a trial that branded them murderers. Workers call foul.https://soundcloud.com/user-514303348/maruti-complete-interview

In addition to a weekly wrap of union news, this week we report on NUW members taking rollling strike action in Melbourne at McCormick Foods as they protest adjustments to their working hours, paid breaks and a 6% wage cut.  We also cover the rally and occupation at the Rio Tinto offices in Brisbane, after the company broke its Memorandum of Understanding with the MUA.

In addition to a weekly wrap of union news, this week we report on CPSU members working in Medicare, Centerlink and Child support who have been taking strike action as they try and resolve their long fight for a fair enterprise agreement.We also cover the National Union of Students who held rallies across the country on March 22nd.Young workers centre www.youngworkers.org.au

This week on the show, we report on the emergency meeting of young workers held at the Victorian Trades Hall about the proposed cuts to penalty rates. We also speak with the ETU's Dave McKinley to delve deeper into some of the issues surrounding the current debate on energy policy.

Enough’s Enough Stop the Attack on Workers rallies across the nation against penalty rate cuts and the ABCC legislation. Despite rallies as big as 15,000 in Melbourne and Sydney the rallies were under reported. We intend to redress the balance.Sydney Rally link

International Working Women's Day with a focus on #WRAW and #Stopping Gendered Violence At Workplaces.

Last week the Fair Work Commission finally brought down it's decision on Penalty rates for workers working in Retail, Hospitality and at Pharmacy.For the first time in Australian Industrial arbitration a decision was made to cut workers wages.In this program we look at what happened and why it is bad for workers and Australia as a whole.

On 18 January 2016, multinational dairy company Parmalat, locked out around 70 workers from their plan in Echuca. We cross to the picket line to hear the latest in the dispute.  We also speak with Kate Lee from APHEDA about their campaign to eradicate asbestos.If you would like to donate money to the locked out workers at Parmalat, head to www.gofundme.com/support-parmalat-workers

An extended report on the Unemployed Workers Rally Dignity Not Debt End Centelink Debt Debacle held in Melbourne 31st of January.Across the country in fact across the world public assets, those owned by the people, have been given away to business. The closed loop of money spent on services going to the maintenances of services is now going into the pockets of local and over seas share holders. Victoria is the only state that let their government sell its public transport. The RTBU says it's time we got it back. We went to the campaign launch and bring you a report on why public transport should be public.