United Workers Union organisers Angus and Sukanya join us to talk about organising workers on the frontlines of Victoria's battle with the pandemic. We talk fighting casualisation, worker self-organisation, the labour movement's relationship with the state and possible openings for new forms of industrial action.

Sukanya's Jacobin interview with striking Spotless members here:

Melbourne’s Spotless Laundry Workers Went on Strike to Stop COVID-19

Ali Pennington in Jacobin on unions and Covid-19:

Australian Unions Can Win the Fight Against COVID-19 — And Against Neoliberalism