Organising in construction
30 November 2021
This week we talked to Andy, organiser with the CFMEU, about the work he does in the construction industry to fight for workers' rights.
A good day for a strike, comrades
23 November 2021
This week it's win after win, spit hoods are banned in SA, SEQUR shut down Little Real Estate for the day, Country Road were cowed by the strike, Modi was cowed by the farmers' blockade, and that's not even all of them.
- Links to what we talked about
- Spit hoods banned
- SEQUR pickets real estate agency
- Blockade Australia finishes blockading coal port
- Country Road strike victorious
- FedEx workers on strike
- Toll warehouse workers victorious
- Better Read Than Dead owners break deal, workers back on strike
- Essential Energy workers on strike
- John Deere workers victorious
- Indian farmers victorious
Young Workers Hub
16 November 2021
This week we talk to Shae from Young Workers Hub to talk about the work they do supporting young workers to assert their rights in the workplace.
- Links to what we talked about
- Anti-vax counter-protest
- Qld Rental Crisis Gig - presented by Workers Power
- Police killing of Stanley Russell
- Protesters hit Sydney streets on anniversary of Gomeroi man's death in custody
- SEQUR picket this Friday
- Toll warehouse strike
- Gardens of Stone in NSW’s Blue Mountains protected
- Geelong Regional Libraries staff strike - support them here
- Health workers strike
- Portugal bans bosses calling you outside of work hours
- Kanaky: Independence vote to proceed on December 12
The Proletarian Review
2 November 2021
This week we talk to Duncan Hart from Socialist Alternative about his research into The Proletarian Review, a communist publication from the 1920s in Melbourne. In our second half Duncan stays on and Iswedd from Anarchist Communists Meanjin joins us to talk about an upcoming counter-protest to the anti-vax movement.