Workers Power

Workers Power

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Workers Power episodes

  • Strike in Meanjin!

    No guest this week but there are strikes abound. ETU, AMWU, CFMEU, and The Plumbers Union members at the Mater Hospital in South Brisbane are on strike to get paid the same as their counterparts in public hospitals, follow the campaign and get involved at the ETU website or their facebook page. We also talk about an update from the RAFFWU members striking at Better Read Than Dead, and strikes by the ETU again in WA, the AMWU in Tassie, and the TWU in NSW, as well as other news.

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  • Assholes in Council Attack Backbone

    This week we talk to Kim about the council's attempt the demolish community art space Backbone, and the workers who are fighting back. We also talk about prisoners fighting back at home and overseas, and Hospo Voice taking "business union" to a whole new level.

    Outro song: Propaganda by Rivermouth

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  • Making some noise
    This week we have no guest but we have news of First Nations workers fighting Adani, the city council threatening to demolish a community space, postal workers making a huge win, and another look at the fight against the dictatorship in Myanmar.
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  • Making some noise

    This week we have no guest but we have news of First Nations workers fighting Adani, the city council threatening to demolish a community space, postal workers making a huge win, and another look at the fight against the dictatorship in Myanmar.

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  • It won't be long before the workers take over this joint! - A history of working class literature

    This week we talk to Allan Gardiner about the history of working class literature in so-called australia. We talk about Frank Hardy, Frank the poet, Bill Sutton, and about the the importance of our class's literature to the our class's struggles.

    The BLHA is running a grant program to support people writing about working class history - the Stella Nord Bursary

    Outro song: cover of Moreton Bay by Chloe & Jason Roweth

    1 hr 21 min
  • It won't be long before the workers take over this joint! - A history of working class literature
    This week we talk to Allan Gardiner about the history of working class literature in so-called australia. We talk about Frank Hardy, Frank the poet, Bill Sutton, and about the the importance of our class's literature to the our class's struggles. The BLHA is running a grant program to support people writing about working class history - the Stella Nord Bursary Outro song: cover of Moreton Bay by Chloe & Jason Roweth
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  • Our victories are co-opted and distorted into systems of control
    This week we have plenty of news, such as the suppression of First Nations votes in the NT, police targetting gig workers for unsafe practices, the government taking even more money from people on jobseeker, and the breaching of the Willow Grove green ban. Outro song: Bring Back the Green Bans by When Our Turn Comes
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  • Our victories are co-opted and distorted into systems of control

    This week we have plenty of news, such as the suppression of First Nations votes in the NT, police targetting gig workers for unsafe practices, the government taking even more money from people on jobseeker, and the breaching of the Willow Grove green ban.

    Outro song: Bring Back the Green Bans by When Our Turn Comes

    1 hr 5 min
  • We hold the whole system in our hands - First Nations and Childcare workers

    This week we talk to Emma, who is a First Nations person and early childcare worker. We talk about the problems faced by First Nations workers and children in these organisations and what workers can do to combat them. We also talk about the problems in the industry in general, such as profit-chasing at the expense of the quality of care of children in their most formative years.

    Outro song: Dancing Water - White Noise

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About Workers Power

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Join the Workers Power team on 4ZZZ 102.1FM in Meanjin/Brisbane as they discuss worker's issues and struggles.