Sue Bull joined Green Left Radio on July 31 to discuss the turmoil and right wing shift in the Victorian ALP
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Victoria has a new premier four months out from a state election, showing that Labor is terrified it will face annihilation at the election. Sue Bull and Jacob Andrewartha argue that Ben Carroll is just as prepared to do the bidding of big business as his predecessor.
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Joe Hill recounts what happened after he reported safety concerns on a site. He argues that the best way for safety issues to be addressed is when workers have a fully unionised job site, with a union agreement and an elected union health and safety representative.
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Almost one hundred workers and community activists joined a three-hour picket outside the Dubai-based logistics and port company DP World, at Port Botany, for better pay and conditions for security guards. Rachel Evans reports.
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With only 48 hours’ notice, tens of thousands of teachers and Education Support staff stopped work again to demand the Victorian Labor government make a better pay and conditions offer. Mary Merkenich reports.
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More than 150 people turned out to support a community-initiated anti-racism rally in Broadmeadows, where community speakers were invited to speak out how to defeat One Nation. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Isaac Nellist spoke to An Cú from the Welsh Underground Network about its community action approach to campaigning for an independent, socialist Wales.
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The Community and Public Sector Union is pursuing a case in the Fair Work Commission against labour hire companies undermining workers’ rights in the Australian Tax Office. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Hundreds protested outside the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency offices to condemn its decision to implement the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, which conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. Peter Boyle reports.
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With Jacinta Allan’s Labor government under pressure, the bosses and their media outlets are amping up their anti-Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union campaign. Sue Bull reports.
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Queensland’s Liberal National Party government is proposing to cut construction workers’ pay and conditions and restrict their right to organise as part of its attack on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union. Jonathan Strauss reports.
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A convoy drove to the United States Pine Gap spy base and 500 people from across the country gathered outside the gates of the military facility to demand it be handed back to Traditional Owners. Kerry Smith reports.