Stick Together

Stick Together

Australia's only national radio show focusing on industrial, social and workplace issues. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

Episodes

West gate disaster remembered

October 14, 2025
This Wednesday the 15th October marks the 55th Anniversary of Australia's worst industrial disaster, the collapse of the Westgate Bridge - the bridge designed to run out of Melbourne to Geelong.35 Workers died in the collapse, and 18 were seriously injured as a result of the 1970 incident, but the design of the bridge was already in doubt beforehand, with a similar bridge having recently come down with worker deaths in the UK.Witho...
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Security Guards & Disability Workers fight for a Fair Go

October 7, 2025
Today three stories. We go down to the Public Housing towers in the inner Melbourne Suburb of Fitzroy to hear from MSS Security Guards covered by the United Workers Union taking industrial action for fair pay and conditions. We find out why the Australian Services Union has called a national day of action for the 23rd of October to protect fair wages and conditions for workers under the Social Community, homecare and disability ser...
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Workers, Unions - Anti Racist Future

September 30, 2025
First we hear from Caterina Cinanni from the United Workers Union, the UWU, talking at the Ecosocialism Conference in September about organising migrant workers and the common interests of workers of all national backgrounds. Following with an exerpt from the Anti Racism Rally in Naarm on the Grand Final Weekend.
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What is to be done?

September 23, 2025
In today's episode, we amplify union voices from around the globe as the humanitarian crisis in Palestine escalates, affecting workers worldwide. We feature key speeches from the recent Trade Union Congress in the UK, including an impactful address by Shaher Saed, general secretary of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU), and a stirring speech by Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union...
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Threads unravel child labor behind the clothes we wear

September 16, 2025
On this episode of Stick Together, James speaks with Nina Crawley from Oxfam Australia about the new report Unravelling Exploitation, which exposes wage theft, forced labour and child labour in Bangladesh’s garment industry — and the links to Australian fashion brands. They discuss why current laws aren’t enough, how unions and workers are fighting back, and what we in Australia can do to push for systemic change.
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Organising workers in today's economy

September 9, 2025
Today we go to the Ecosocialist Conference held in Melbourne on the 6-7th of September at Balam Balam Place. We will hear from Jizelle Hanna, a former presenter on Stick Together presenter, who is now the Victorian Secretary of the CPSU, a feat which came about in a members lead win against an encumbent of 30 years standing. The session Jizelle is part of is called Organising workers in today's economy.
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The March for Australia

September 2, 2025
We report on the March for Australia rallies on the 31st of August.We follow this with part of a presentation here by Iza Camarillo for Trade Justice Education Fund from the US about her report Exporting Instability, Importing Exploitation - The Impacts of U.S. Trade Policy on Migration in Latin America here. 
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Unions, Solidarity and Palestine

August 26, 2025
For this weeks episode we focus on the many different intersections between workers of every type and Palestine as well taking a front row seat to the Palestine Solidarity rallies that took place on the 24th of August where VTHC secretary Luke Hilakari spoke. 
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Workers get the points in fair work battle

August 19, 2025
James speaks with former ASU (Australian services Union) delegate Jeff about his battle in fair work to win for his workplace. A winning story that took their fight to fair work to battle it out for 5 years before winning back unpaid wages to members. We also hear some current industrial actions in Union news.  
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BWS & Dan Murphy's No Vote & Palestine is Union Business

August 12, 2025
We talk with Josh Cullinan, Secretary of RAFFWU the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union about the no vote in the upcoming eba negotiations with BWS & Dan Murphy's. We follow with Palestine as Union business with a speech by Arthur Rorris from the South Coast Labour Council at the most recent Sydney Palestine Rally.  
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CFMEU Update & Stop the Demolitions

August 5, 2025
Two stories this week the first looks at the CFMEU Administration and a move at the latest delegates meeting in Victoria to have the process of elections reignited and a move to show the Administration the door.The second story takes us to the large Save Public Housing Rally held on Aug 2 in Melbourne where the Victorian Government is determined to hand over public land to private developers, knocking down 44 Public Housing Towers ...
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NSW workers taken for a ride

July 29, 2025
This episode Host James Brennan speaks on the cuts to NSW transport workers, as we hear from the NSW public service association industrial manager Nathan Bradshaw about the proposed cuts to public sector roles in the transport sector in NSW. 
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The Precarious Migrant Worker with Panos Theodoropoulos

July 22, 2025
Speaker Panos Theodoropoulos will discuss major themes in his research, drawing from his immersive ethnographic research inside the UK’s warehouses, factories and kitchens. He explores how precarity shapes migrant lives — and how resistance to neoliberal systems still emerges from the ground up. Theodoropoulos will reflect on the intersections of migration, precarity, bordering and organising. 
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Aldi Sacks HSR / NTEU & CPSU Members Voice Victories

July 15, 2025
Two Union Worker victories and the beginning of what is shaping up to be a Union wide stoush over the sacking of an HSR at an Aldi store for doing her job. The two victories are the win by the NTEU National Tertiary Education Union in the Federal Court for Monash University to pay back pay to it's teaching staff and the historic win of the CPSU Members Voice by a landslide which pushed out an executive that had held on for 32 years...
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CFMEU Women & Workers' Memorial

July 8, 2025
Two stories this week the first looks at the CFMEU Administration & it's decisions in relation to CFMEU Women.Our second story goes to the proposed new Worker's Memorial to be built beside the historic eight hour monument across from Victoria Trades Hall. We speak to Jill Anholt, sculpture artist, whose concept has been chosen for the site.
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Save the Merri-bek Library Social Worker

July 1, 2025
On Monday 23rd June, community members rallied at Coburg Town Hall to save the social worker position at Merri-bek libraries.In February, Merribek Council ended the successful 2-year pilot program for a permanent social worker in the library, and had refused to commit to the program. The protest called on the council to fund a full time in-house library social worker in this time of multiple compounding crises, recognising that lib...
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HACSU & CFMEU Fight

June 24, 2025
Two stories this week first we go to the Vic HACSU rally the second stop work action this year for HACSU Health and Community Service Union workers working in mental health fighting cuts and wage disparity across the sector. The second story is a look at the High court Ruling that cements the legality of the enforced administration of the CFMEU Construction and General Division by the Federal Labor Government. 
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The modern working class

June 17, 2025
On this episode of Stick Together hosted by James Brennan we hear some union news covering industrial actions across the country. And we hear a talk from the Marxism conference that analysis what the modern working class looks like, countering right wing assertions of the demise of the working class and avenues to fight back against the system.
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Golden Plains BMS Wind Farm Dispute

June 10, 2025
Two reports today. First up Union reaction to the Native Title Tribunal in NSW clearing the way for multinational mining behemoth Santos to start mining the Pilliga Forest for gas in the face of opposition from Traditional Owners, the Gomeroi people in May.Secondly we go to the Golden Plains Wind Farm dispute between the CFMEU and the Danish multinational BMS.
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Public Service Job Cuts

June 3, 2025
Today we go to the rally by Voice for Members CPSU (Community and Public Sector Union) on the steps of Victorian Parliament Wednesday 28th May pushing back against announced cuts of 3,000 public service jobs in the recent Victorian State budget.
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