Workers Power

Workers Power

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Workers Power episodes

  • Lost without a trace

    This week we talked to Kellie and Brian from The Leads about their new track Trace, a song which takes you from Lake Mungo to Deebing Creek, Brian is also editor for The Ipswich Tribune and has won awards for his reporting on the conflict at Deebing Creek. (Interview starts at 32:00)

    1 hr 10 min
  • Sportsmanship and solidarity

    This week we have an interview with Kathryn Harby-Williams from the Australian Netball Players' Association about their current campaign for better pay (interview starts at 32:55). We also talk about deaths in custody, a victory for Chevron workers, a brand new KFC class action, and more.

    • Links to what we talked about
    • Family of WA teenager who died in custody speak out
    • Human rights groups criticise new Victorian bail laws
    • DAIRY WORKERS UNITED AHEAD OF RETURN TO WORK
    • Offshore Alliance and Chevron reach in-principle agreement
    • Australian Cricketers Association confirms fighting fund to support netballers in pay dispute
    • A massive win for members at NRMA Fast Ferries!
    • WGA Ratifies 2023 Tentative Agreement With AMPTP
    • Call from Palestinian trade unions
    • KFC Class Action
      • 1 hr 1 min
    • Save Toondah Harbour!

      This week we talk to Robert Bush from the Queensland Wader Study Group about the upcoming Welcome Back Shore Birds Festival. An event being put on to welcome back the shore birds from their world spanning journey, as well as raise awareness about the importance of the Toondah Harbour wetlands, which are facing destruction at the hands of developers. (interview starts at 29:20)

      • Links to what we talked about
      • First Nations woman stops Woodside's seimic blasting
      • Inghams workers win!
      • Childcare workers win industrial bargaining
      • Sri Lanka workers begin sit-in strike
      • Stop Black deaths in custody national day of action
      • Close Enough for Country
        • 1 hr 2 min
      • Woolies workers take action!

        This week we talk about the exciting industrial action being taken by Woolies workers, including several work bans. We also talk about the end of the Chevron strike, the Inghams Chicken workers on strike, and more.

        • Links to what we talked about
        • Gunditjmara ocean defenders call for whales to be protected
        • Offshore Alliance and Chevron come to an agreement
        • Residents oppose incinerator plan
        • Inghams Chickens workers strike for a decent pay rise
        • Woolworths workers take industrial action
        • Cruise Whitsundays offers offensive $1 pay rise
          • 1 hr 3 min
        • Ipswich Power

          This week we hear from the Stop the Stink meeting in Ipswich where the community are fighting against their town being used as a tip for the rest of the country.

          Listen to the full recording of the forum here

          • Links to what we talked about
          • Stop the Stink Ipswich
          • Leaked report finds potential secret graves at Kinchela Boys Home
          • No 'accountability' for Queensland police nine months after secret recordings leaked
          • Cross River Rail Protest
          • Fear of Australian Border Force raids sending workers underground
          • Workers defeat Qantas: High Court confirms sackings were illegal
          • Chevron gambles on untested laws to halt Australia LNG strike action
            • 1 hr 24 min
          • put your bodies upon the gears

            This week we talked to Zelda from Blockade Australia about their recent protests blockading some of Australia's biggest ports. We are also joined by fellow workers on work-experience, Clara, Manny, and Mark. In the second hour Bill and Cal discuss the failurs of the Labor Party.

            • Links to what we talked about
            • Karina's father went blind at Emu Field. Now, she's fighting for a treaty on nuclear weapons
            • CPSU launches campaign to 'Bring Back the CES'
            • Netball Australia warned players they would not be picked for the World Cup unless new CPA was signed
              • 1 hr 11 min
            • Queerswich

              This week we talk to Rach, an organiser for Queerswich, the Ipswich Pride celebration, about the upcoming event and what's happening.

              • Links to what we talked about
              • Queerswich - Ipswich Pride Parade
              • First Nations man murdered by police
              • Deebing Creek
              • AFULE wins sanitary bins
              • Neoliberalism is an illness
                • 1 hr 10 min
              • Crowns are so out of fashion, try a guillotine

                This week we talk to Yowie from the Deebing Creek Jarjumbah protection site, about the destruction of the camp and the building up of the fight back. We also chat about the coronation and the republican movement, and the writers' strike kicking off in the US.

                1 hr 6 min
              • Deebing Creek destroyed

                This week we talk about the destruction of the Jarjumbah

                protection site at deebing creek, and we talk to Kerry who gives us an update from the site. We also talk about
                the May Day Rally, and the
                recent changes to Centrelink.

                1 hr 3 min
              • May Day Special 2023

                We bring you on the ground at the Labour Day march this year as we listen to the union chants and talk to unionists and activists about Labour day and the labour movement. We also have Ellen in the studio bringing you all the union classics.

                Outro song: The Internationale by Billy Bragg

                51 min

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