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This week on Workers Power we talk to Ross Gwyther from the Brisbane Labour History Association to talk about the peace movement and its history in WWI and even as far back as the Cimean war. Right at the end of the show we talk to Navdeep Singh about the ongoing struggle in India which involves the largest strike in history.

This week on Workers Power we celebrate the end of a very long and interesting year by going through the year's winners of our world famous scallywag of the week awards, ending with the announcement of the scallywag of the year, who was decided through a poll by you, our dear listeners.

Week 1 - McDonald’s Australia's corporate relations director James Rickards

Week 2 - Scomo

Week 3 - Smit Lamnalco

Week 4 - Campbell Newman

Week 5 - Domino’s

Week 6 - Rio Tinto and Sodexo

Week 7 - Jennifer Howard Ipswich MP

Week 8 - Scomo

Week 9 - NAB

Week 10 - Sydney pub tsar Justin Hemmes

Week 11 - Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter

Week 12 - Government Services Minister Stuart Robert

Week 13 - CHEP Director of Australian Operations Graham Wrigglesworth

Week 14 - McDonalds CEO Andrew Gregory

Week 15 - Coles Liquor

Week 16 - Kevin Jackson, the CEO of Sanitarium

Week 17 - GRLC CEO Patti Manolis

Week 18 - SDA

Week 19 - Australia Meat Industry Council Chief Executive Patrick Hutchinson

Week 20 - Anthony Albanese

Week 21 - Today Host Allison Langdon

Week 22 - The cop who killed George Floyd

Week 23 - Gordon Cairns Chairman of Woolies

Week 24 - Scomo

Week 25 - Sydney pub tsar Justin Hemmes

Week 26 - Tony and Viki Franzone who run an Adelaide Hotel Chain

Week 27 - Coles

Week 28 - Fair Worker Ombudsman Sandra Parker

Week 29 - owner of A1 trees, Lee Winwood

Week 30 - Alan Joyce

Week 31 - Peter Tompkins, CEO of Spotless

Week 32 - Golden Circle

Week 33 - Education Minister Dan Tehan

Week 34 - Mark Zuckerberg

Week 35 - Gladys Berejiklian

Week 36 - Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate

Week 37 - Adani

Week 38 - Senator Michaelia Cash

Week 39 - Annastacia Palaszczuk

Week 40 - INPEX President & CEO: Takayuki Ueda

Week 41 - Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate

Week 42 - Scomo

Week 43 - Senior Constable David Giddins

Week 44 - Serco Australia Chief Executive Officer Mark Irwin

Week 45 - Lactalis and its CEO Rob Walden

Week 46 - Mining Billionaire Andrew Forrest

Week 47 - Gerry Harvey, CEO of Harvey Norman

Week 48 - Gladys Berejiklian

Week 50 - Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter

Week 51 - Coles

This week we chat with Debbie and Craig from United Workers Union about the Coles Smeaton Grange struggle. These are workers who have kept our shelves filled with essentials during the pandemic. Hear about their plight as they stand up and fight back.

There is also plenty of workers action around the globe to report, Bill gives us another rant against the IR Omnibus Bill and of course the world famous scallwag of the week.

We are also coming up to our highly anticipated announcement of the scallywag of the year next week! We have chosen a shortlist of scummy bosses from the winners over this year who've either won more than once or done something particularly grubby. This year we are putting the power in your hands to make the decision. To have your say take a look at the previous post. And if you want to make an endorsement, or just complain about your boss, send us an email at [email protected]

And, as a Christmas gift for us, Workers Power has sick new intro, a huge thanks to Chris Bingham from The Starvation Orchestra for creating it.

This week we chat with Debbie and Craig from United Workers Union about the Coles Smeaton Grange struggle. These are workers who have kept our shelves filled with essentials during the pandemic. Hear about their plight as they stand up and fight back. There is also plenty of workers action around the globe to report, Bill gives us another rant against the IR Omnibus Bill and of course the world famous scallwag of the week. We are also coming up to our highly anticipated announcement of the scallywag of the year next week! We have chosen a shortlist of scummy bosses from the winners over this year who've either won more than once or done something particularly grubby. This year we are putting the power in your hands to make the decision. To have your say take a look at the previous post. And if you want to make an endorsement, or just complain about your boss, send us an email at [email protected] And, as a Christmas gift for us, Workers Power has sick new intro, a huge thanks to Chris Bingham from The Starvation Orchestra for creating it.

This week we are joined by Jayden and Hayden from Anti-Poverty Network to talk about the recent announcement that the cashless welfare card is being extended for another two years, and about the actions being taken to stop the card and help each other in the face of it. Bill also goes on a rant about the recent omnibus laws that undermine the BOOT test.

This week we are joined by Jayden and Hayden from Anti-Poverty Network to talk about the recent announcement that the cashless welfare card is being extended for another two years, and about the actions being taken to stop the card and help each other in the face of it. Bill also goes on a rant about the recent omnibus laws that undermine the BOOT test.

On this week's history episode we are joined by Jeff Rickertt, president of the Brisbane Labour History Association. He is an active trade unionist, a librarian and a labour historian with research interests in the history of working-class movements and socialist politics in Queensland. We're going to be talking about the history of the formation of the Labor party, from strikes to armed conflict to utter defeat, and finally to its position as yet another servant of capital.

On this week's history episode we are joined by Jeff Rickertt, president of the Brisbane Labour History Association. He is an active trade unionist, a librarian and a labour historian with research interests in the history of working-class movements and socialist politics in Queensland. We're going to be talking about the history of the formation of the Labor party, from strikes to armed conflict to utter defeat, and finally to its position as yet another servant of capital.

This week we are joined by Michael McNally, Qld Secretary of NTEU, to talk about the consistent and expanding draining of funding to tertiary education, and the action being taken to fight it, such as the protest by Griffith staff last Friday, and the upcoming protest by UQ staff this Friday.

This week we are joined by Michael McNally, Qld Secretary of NTEU, to talk about the consistent and expanding draining of funding to tertiary education, and the action being taken to fight it, such as the protest by Griffith staff last Friday, and the upcoming protest by UQ staff this Friday.