Podcast appearances and mentions of josh cullinan

Hello welcome to the Monday Breakfast show, on todays podcast we heard: Grace Coff, a Yorta Yorta woman from the organisation Nalderun, speaking about the importance of first nations led organisations for young people in the community and bush tucker farms on Djarra Country, in Castlemaine. Go to www.murnongmummas.com.au to purchase local bush tucker and to support her organisation go to https://nalderun.net.au/donate/  Over the weekend there was a Nukes-Free Gathering at Catalyst Social Centre, against rocket testing on sacred sites on Kokatha country, we heard an excerpt from a wider conversation, in which Aunty Sue begins with her experience with 'Southern Launch' (a South African rocket company) threatening her country in South Australia. She also discusses issues surrounding the Voice to Parliament, protecting sacred sites, and the future of the fight. To find out more about the cause go to www.nativetitlerockets.com "From the Geelong Invasion Day rally, organised by a newly formed local group: Be Tru 2 Uluru, well-attended with approx 700 people in attendance, including the Southern Warriors Aboriginal motorcycle club and solidarity organisations, with speeches and discussions including combating issues arising with the newly elected consrvative council majority in the region. After the speeches, 3CR Programmer Amy Ciara spoke with Jason Kelly, Wamba Wamba / Mutthi Mutthi man, and member of the First Peoples Assembly of Victoria, about his work with Yoorrook, moving toward truth-telling, justice, and healing, and youth justice system and closing the gap between govt policy and practice" to support and find out more go to https://www.firstpeoplesvic.org/ Last week supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths joined forces to back the Australian Retailers Assocation's application to the Fairwork Commission to alter the General Retail Industry Award. Their proposed changes include the casualisation of salaried managers, cutting their overtime, evening and weekend pentalty rates, as well as their annueal leave loading in exchange for a 25% pay rise to $67,000; Rest times between shifts would be reduced to 10 hours from 12; employees could also waive their meal breaks during their six-hour shifts. To hear more about the proposal and how it would affect employees' working conditions, the secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, Josh Cullinan spoke about this cause. This Thursday the 6th of February 3CR is launching the Queer Histories/ Queer Futures podcast. Created in collaboration with Arts Merri-bek, the project documents the collective history of LGBTQIA+ organising, activism and community in Merri-bek. It features a podcast produced by 3CR Community Radio alongside a walking tour, which has also been recorded. To tell us more about the podcast and the project, Rob spoke with former 3CR breakfast presenter and current host of the In Ya Face show, James McKenzie. The podcast can be found on the 3CR website at 3CR.org.au, more information about the launch event can be found at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/queer-historiesqueer-futures-launch-tickets-1139460389699. Catch James on the In Ya Face show, exploring LGBTQIA+ issues, music and commentary on Fridays from 4 - 5pm. 

In this week's food-based episode, Kevin and Zeb chat with dumpster diver and academic Willow Ross as well as Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union.Find out more about some of the topics covered:George Mann: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/george-mann-keeping-union-history-alive-songPrevious episode with Willow: https://www.3cr.org.au/citylimits/episode/serrated-tussock-grass-and-dumpster-divingSong: There's No Such Thing As Waste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7AbD-RuxMKing Charles' Aston Martin: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/11/prince-charles-car-runs-on-cheese-wine-byproductsLidia Thorpe's truth-telling to King Charles: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBX2oGMT4UG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==More on the campaign against youth and trainee rates in fast food and retail:https://raffwu.org.au/campaigns/industry/living-wages/    

Hello and welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show on 3CR Community Radio for the 30th of September 2024.   First up we will hear part of an interview from last Wednesday's Bunjil's Fire show in which President of the Black Peoples Union Keiran Stewart-Assheton speaks with Uncle Faron Peckham about the Northern Territory government's intention to build an art gallery on culturally significant land in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). The interview begins with some context into how the site was chosen for the proposed art gallery as well as the evolution of opposition to it by the custodians of Mparntwe. Listen to the full interview here and sign the petition to stop the NT government from destroying Arrernte sacred sites here. Catch Bunjil's Fire live on Wednesdays from 11AM to 1pm.Following that interview, Rob and Eric have a conversation detailing Eric's experiences with art galleries exploiting First Nations people and cultures for the sake of profit. We then hear excerpts from Nasser Mashni's extended conversation with local Palestinian organiser Nour Salman from the Palestine Remembered show on Saturday the 21st of September. The interview discusses the movement in Naarm, local electoral politics, and the importance of telling the truth as the anniversary of October 7 approaches. Get down to the Rally this weekend (6 Oct) and 'bring two friends' says Nour, for the 52nd week straight and every Sunday until Palestine is free. It'll be held at the State Library from 12pm. Listen to Nour and Nasser's full conversation here or catch Palestine Remembered, the only dedicated show on Palestine in so-called Australia, live on Saturdays from 9:30AM to 10AM. Last week the ACCC launched a court case against supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths over allegedly misleading discount claims from both companies. To unpack that claim, Eric spoke with secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union, Josh Cullinan. On Tuesday the 1st of October a picket will once again take place outside AW Bell, a manufacturer which makes parts for F35 striker jets here in Naarm and supplies them for countries using the planes all over the globe. F35s are currently being used to drop bombs in Palestine, Yemen, and Lebanon -- to name just a few places. Rob spoke with an anonymous attendee ahead of the picket to unpack AW Bell's response to previous pickets, its inclusion of Lockheed Martin's mentorship program, and the local community's response to learning AW Bell is complicit in genocides. The picket takes place at 145 Abbotts Road in Dandenong from 5AM.  Stay tuned for next week's show which will be wholly dedicated to talking about Palestinian resistance and contextualising October 7th within a larger history of Israel's genocidal conquest of Palestine.Songs played: Going up the Mountain (Ya Taali​'​een ‘ala el​-​Jabal) - Reem Kelani No Warning - Inkabee ft. JJ Vacant Your Freedom Is the End Of Me - Melaine De Biasio

Welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show, broadcasted live from 3CR Community Radio in Naarm./Melbourne.  Last week the Victorian Government under Jacinta Allan backflipped on its promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 in so-called Victoria as part of its Youth Justice legislation passed this week. It is worth mentioning that the move coincides with the Country Liberal Party in 'Northern Territory' pledging to reinstate spit hoods and lower its own age of criminal responsibility to 10; in 'Western Australia' a seventeen-year-old Indigenous teenager died in Banksia Hill Detention Centre, marking the second death of a child in custody in the state in less than a year. To help us unpack the legislation introduced here in Victoria, Rob spoke with Monique Hurley, Associate Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre. Speeches from the Sunday Free Palestine Rally on the 25th of August:Legendary Aboriginal activist Uncle Robbie Thorpe gave a passionate speech about colonialism, racism and the parallels between Australia and Palestine. Audio captured by Tom McLaren. City of Melbourne Councillor Jamal Hakim spoke on his campaign for Lord Mayor, committing to disclosing all campaign donations in real time.We then hear Christy Cain speaking at the CFMEU mobilisation against "independent" government administration on Tuesday 27th August, outside Fair Work Commission offices in Exhibition St. The crowd stretched from the corner of Flinders and Exhibition down to Trades Hall.  On Tuesday last week supermarket giant Coles announced its annual financial results, reporting a post-tax profit of $1.1billion, an increase of 2.1 percent from the year before. Despite this, Coles Group's Chief Executive Leah Weckert continues to insist that household financial pressure is 'front of mind' and defends the company's profit margins. To help us understand more about the conditions in which a supermarket makes so much money, Rob spoke with the Secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, Josh Cullinan.Songs played: Radical Seed - Catherine SatourTook the Children Away - Archie RoachWhite Tears (Land Back) - Eden Fine DayAnother War (Feat. Ten Spencer & Ashlin Parker) - Cyrille Aim​é​e & Handmade MomentsA New England - Billy Bragg

Welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show. Our first segment is dedicated to Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old non-binary child who died on February 8th following a brutal, transphobic assault in the halls of their own school. In the wake of their death, we as a community and a society must mourn for those lost to transphobic violence across the globe and reflect on how we can protect Queer and Trans youth to ensure they live full lives and become Queer and Trans elders. This is the first part of an interview from 26th of February show in which Rob spoke with Annette Brömdal, co-author of the review titled: ‘Supporting the health and wellbeing of trans autistic school-aged youth: a systematic literature review'. Annette Brömdal is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Queensland. Their research interests fall within the areas of bodies, gender and sexuality in educational settings and healthcare services, specifically associated with critical trans studies. You can read the review in full here(link is external). This Saturday, the 22nd of June marks one year of inaction by the Victorian Government in making trams running along Sydney Rd, and across all of Naarm, accessible for all. The Sydney Road Accessible Tram Stops Now has been pushing for the 5.5km stretch of tramline to be made accessible before construction of the Sky Rail level crossing removals on the Upfield line begins. Once the construction begins, there will be no accessible public transport at all along the Upfield corridor for at least 18 months. To continue to pressure the Victorian Government, the campaign will rally on the corner of Wilson Av. and Sydney Rd in so-called Brunswick at 11AM. To hear about the upcoming rally and the campaign at-large, Rob spoke with Alicia Liley from the Sydney Road Accessible Tram Stops Now Campaign. We then hear speeches/panel discussions from the Western Sahara decolonisation, resources, and human rights event at Trades Hall on June 12th. The segment features: Mohamed Mayara, journalist, human Rights defender and cofounder of Equipe Media; Dr Randi Irwin, anthropologist and lecturer at University of Newcastle; Marisol Salinas, a Mapuche woman; and Keiran Stewart-Assheton, Traditional Owner from the Wandi-Wandi clan in the Yuin Nation. He is also President of the Black Peoples Union.Lastly we play Annie McLoughlin's interview with Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union about last week's site walk-off which aired last Wednesday on Stick Together. Songs played: 'You & Me' - Amy Alex'What's Sown Will Be Reaped' - Pikelet'Postcode Anxiety' - Karen Took The Kids'To Have and Have Not' - Rights Tough 

Green Left's Isaac Nellist spoke to Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union secretary Josh Cullinan about the historic #Superstrike taken by workers at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets on October 7.  We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonline TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonline Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/ Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Podcast also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Antennapod, Itunes and PodcastAddict.

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Refugee women Geetha Ramachandran and Ghazaleh Ghaed Rahmati along with unionist and organiser Lavanya joined us to speak about their involvement in the march by a group of refugee women from Melbourne to Canberra to fight for visa equality and raise awareness about the plight of around 12,000 refugees left in limbo by the Australian Government's failure to issue Permanent Protection Visas. Geetha Ramachandran came to Australia in 2013 with her husband and two children. She is a community childcare educator and teacher at a Tamil language community school, as well as a co-founder of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality. Ghazaleh Ghaed Rahmati is an Iranian women who came to Australia when she was 14, and is now 26. While training as a dental assistant, she experienced the impact of visa rejection on her university education, her and her family's wellbeing, and how the unfair and inhumane decisions of the Australian government cause grief and hurt to refugees. You can sign the petition supporting the Refugee Women's Walk for Freedom here, and support them on their journey by donating to their fundraiser.// Earlier this week, Spike visited the public housing estate on Wellington Street in Collingwood and caught up with resident Valentina about the propose demolition of the towers, as well as the importance of drop-in health services for estate residents.// Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union or RAFFWU, joined us to to talk about the upcoming national strike of supermarket workers at sector giants Woolworths and Coles in the face of the companies' failure to commit to providing employees with fair pay, job security and safe workplaces. The strike will take place on Saturday the 7th of October, with industrial action set to begin at 10AM. Support the RAFFWU strike fund for supermarket workers by heading to chuffed.org/project/superstrike.// Lawyer, youth worker, film maker, and comedian Will Crawford spoke with us today about his new show ‘'Rocksteady Baby', which traverses the surreal, absurd, cheeky, and the occasionally serious, exploring how to write a comedy about an invisible disability. Will has just returned to Melbourne after 15 years of living in Darwinm, and is an experienced standup and sketch comedian. ‘Rocksteady Baby' covers a strangely optimistic journey through some dark times, and is running across October at TIC on Swanston Street. Find out more and get tickets here.//Yesterday, Spike visited the Kathleen Syme Library in Carlton and heard from Dee and Jenny about the production of a fantastic peer-produced and designed zine for people with lived or living experience of homelessness called ‘Need To Know', which shares useful resources for people sleeping rough in Melbourne's CBD. ‘Need to Know' is produced in partnership between people with lived experience, local council and the Kathleen Syme Library, and community health services. The production process provides a safe, inclusive and supportive environment for people who have had traumatic or challenging experiences of homelessness to join together to produce a resource that may be of use to others, while giving them the opportunity to view their lived experience in a more positive light in the company of peers.//

The first strike action in Australian Supermarket history is set to start by the end of the week. Woolworths and Coles workers represented by RAFFWU are striking for living wages, safer workplaces and secure jobs. While Coles and Woolworths post massive billion-dollar annual profits during a cost-of-living crisis, its workers have missed out. Josh Cullinan, secretary of the fighting union RAFFWU explains what is going.You can show your support for striking Woolworths workers through the following actions:– Donate to the RAFFWU strike fund– Email the CEO of Woolworths,  Brad Banducci, at bbanducci@woolworths.com.au and let them know that workers deserve a fair share. Copy us in with woolies@raffwu.org.au– Email the CEO of Coles, Leah Weckert, at leah.weckert@coles.com.au and let them know that workers deserve a fair share. Copy us in with coles@raffwu.org.au– Soon we will be selling merch so you can let everyone know that you support the #superstrike!– Sign up to receive RAFFWU updates to stay informed about worker actions and supporter events.– Spread the word to your friends and family!We're stronger together, and your solidarity matters. Let's make sure that essential workers get the wages and conditions they deserve.

This week in the second half of the show we interview Secretary of the of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union Josh Cullinan. On top of industrial relations news, we get insightful analysis on the current situation with the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) who purport to ‘represent the interest of workers while actually diminishing the minimum lawful workplace rights of workers' and on recent changes in legislation that affect workers bargaining in the sector.News Items in the first half of the show:RSL sub-branch poker machine entitlements New legislation on e cigarettesKevin reminisces on his part in MOP-UP (or BUGA UP) against tobacco advertisingA win: The legal case on behalf of the Gumatj Clan or Estate Group v Commonwealth of Australia for compensation under the Native Title Act for grants and acts by the government without just terms.Tiwi Islands traditional owners challenge banks over proposed $1.5b loan to Santos gas projectShell AGM protests

Sydney Uni's woke anti-Freya agenda must be stopped! Emerald and Tom are joined by Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union to discuss the new Industrial Relations bill before parliament (11:00). Is it bad and should the Greens support it? Then they move on to the recent Apple negotiations (39:03), including Australia's first ever national retail strike. Finally, a call to action (53:43). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  New Patreon episode just released - Tom and Emerald review Greens memes and some shit takes in the media. Is Joe Hildebrand getting dumber!? https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. Links - https://twitter.com/raffwu  https://twitter.com/joshcullinan  Explainer on the IR Bill https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/why-are-the-proposed-industrial-relations-laws-controversial-20221101-p5bup2.html  RAFFWU IR Bill response: https://raffwu.org.au/new-ir-laws-deliberately-attack-the-lowest-paid/  History of the Apple union movement - https://youtu.be/c9PjqmIG5ik  Join RAFFWU: https://raffwu.org.au/  Donate to the RAFFWU Welfare Support Fund for Apple Workers: https://chuffed.org/project/raffwu-at-apple  VICTORIA: Vic Greens campaign launch on 16 November http://contact-vic.greens.org.au/civicrm/mailing/url?u=501060&qid=206087678  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Zane AlcornNewsreportsDiscussion of headline newstory drawing on The Age report of the trail of Bruce Lehrmann trial which was aborted after juror misconduct.Interviews and DiscussionInterview with Graham Matthews member of Socialist Alliance discussing a socialist response to the Federal Budget that was just unveiled by treasurer Jim Chalmers and how Labor's first budget since 2013 is both a missed opportunity and a threat of worse things to come. You can listen to the individual interview here.Recording of a speech by Ukrainian socialist Denis Pilash from the Ecosocialism 2022 session on October 25 titled "Ukraine, imperialism and the left" outlining a socialist perspective on Russia's war on Ukraine. You can listen to the individual speech here.Interview with Josh Cullinan secretary of the Retails and Fast Food Workers union about the ongoing fight by Apple Workers who are taking strike action and implementing bans in their campaign to secure a fair enterprise agreement. You can listen to the individual interview here.   

Josh Cullinan from the retail & fast food workers union says a 4-4.5% wage increase isn't enough for young workers (4.06.2022)

Josh Callinan is the Secretary of the Retail And Fast Food Workers' Union (RAFFWU); a young fighting union which represents thousands of overwhelmingly younger Australian workers in highly casualised and insecure industries.  RAFFWU was set up in opposition to the right-wing "yellow" union the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (the SDA), aka Christian Porter's favourite union. In this conversation Josh explains just how bad the SDA has been for workers, the scourge of casualisation and how RAFFWU is organising for a better deal and a better future.  If you've got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you This Sunday is World Refugee Day! Please help out the ASRC if you can My book I, Millennial: One Snowflake's Screed Against Plague, Boomers, Billionaires & Everything Else will be published in December WE ARE ALL IN THIS will be at the Brisbane Comedy Festival in August There's an encore Sydney show of WE ARE ALL IN THIS on August 20th My two shows at Chapel Off Chapel have been rescheduled to August 27th & 28th @JoshCullinan raffwu.org.au RAFFWU's "SDA Facts" ARTICLE: Precarious workers held out to dry by Josh Cullinan ARTICLE: Australia's Youngest Union Is Organising Retail and Fast-Food Workers (in Jacobin) ARTICLE: Shopped Out by Ben Schneiders & Royce Millar Cause of the Week: RAFFWU! Join them yourself or spread the word (raffwu.org.au)  

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.In 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building led to the death of more than 1,100 garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The perpertrators of this mass murder are still to face justice. On the 8th year anniversary of this disaster, we talk to Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Retail And Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) on what is happening to garment workers in Bangladesh and their organising efforts. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. NewsreportsNSW floods a sign of what is to come in a warming world. Global insurance industry torn between spiralling payouts for 'natural' disasters and unsustainable premium rises versus continuing to insure and invest in fossil fuels, pointing to potential splits in the ruling class over the question of climate policy.Green Left Radio presenters Jacob and Zane speak about Jacob's appearance on the latest episode of QandA on ABC. Jacob asked guest panelist Thomas Pikkety about how a wealth tax (which Pikkety advocates) could be implemented against the wishes of the wealthy.Interviews and DiscussionJacob & Zane speak with Adele Welsh and Jackie Kriz from the Geelong Women Unionists Network (GWUN). Kriz and Welsh outline how the current movement confronting the rampant sexism and harassment in Federal parliament is a sort of "me too moment" for Australia.GWUN was the main force behind the 4000 strong March4Justice in Geelong which followed a sold out screening of 'women of steel' it organised for International Womens Day, and will continue mobilising. Kriz notes that in the context of the federal government implementing free childcare during the pandemic, the longstanding demand for free childcare is suddenly winnable. Kriz and Welsh speak of the importance of socialists being part of the womens movement and bringing a class analysis to the table, and talk to the importance of winning economic equality for women as  a key part of combating harassment and sexism. You can listen to the individual interview here.Jacob and Zane speak with Josh Cullinan, secretary of the retail and fast food workers union (RAFFWU). Cullinan describes the measures in the stripped back industrial rights omnibus bill passed in the federal parliament last week. The bill means that for the first time there is a clear legal definition of what a casual worker is, and that this definition is effectively just that the employer employed the worker as a casual at the start of their role.It allows employers to keep employees categorised as casuals ad finitum, even though they are effectively being employed as permanent / full time workers who should thus be entitled to sick pay, holiday pay, redundancy pay and other provisions. Part of the sinister nature of the bill is that it retrospectively extinguishes billions of dollars worth of backpay claims by casuals who were falsely categorised as casuals when they were actually full time/ permanent employees. Cullinan talks about the failure of the ACTU and its demobilisation of unionists over the past year and explores how RAFFWU is helping cohere a fighting wing of the labour movement which gives voice and agency to casual workers. You can listen to the individual interview here.

This week we speak to Josh Cullinan, secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, RAFFWU, about casualisation, wage theft and the government's proposed omnibus bill.

Bernard Colleary Trial Update II Sr Susan Connelly gives us background and the present situation in the case that is being held behind closed doors at the behest of Attorney General Christian PorterArms Factory Picket II Margaret Pestorius from Wage War explains why Members of the Quaker and Catholic communities shut down the entrances of a Pinkenba weapons factory in Brisbane this week. Members of the Quaker and Catholic communities shut down the entrances of a Pinkenba weapons factory in Brisbane this week. Chris Breen Incitement Hearing Update II David Glanz (RAC) updates us on the second hearing of Chris Breen's incidment hearing at Melb Magristrates Court on Feb 10. Over The Wall II Duncan Graham talks with Josh Cullinan from RFFWU about the industrial relations laws that he LNP Federal Government is trying to use against Australian workers.Don Sutherland: Austerity Deadend Policy II With even the Reserve Bank concerned about the austerity budget Don talks about how cuts to Jobseeker and anti-worker IR laws dovetail to take Australia into potential disaster that needs to be pushed against.

We hear from RAFFWU secretary Josh Cullinan about the situation for retail workers as the Morrison government makes drastic cuts to unemployment payments and wage guarantees, leaving at least 1.5 million workers in poverty.

This week, Kevin and Meg speak with Josh Cullinan, secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU), discussing the history of their inception, the questionable role of the SDA, and RAFFWU's ongoing work in supporting their members to secure the terms and conditions that workers have long been denied through direct and militant industrial action in the workplace. Join RAFFWU here; and add the Facebook page here. 

This week we interview Linda and Austin from the ASU about the situation for laid off workers at the Geelong Regional Library. You can support laid off casuals at the Geelong Library by contributing to their Go Fund Me campaign here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-outofwork-geelong-regional-library-staffLater we have a chat with RAFFWU secretary Josh Cullinan about changes to the Fast Food Industry Award and safety across the retail and fastfood sectors.Finally we have coverage of the NTEU National Day of Action rally held in so-called Melbourne on the 21st of May.

Palestine II 3cr broadcaster Kay Wennagel gives an eye witness account of Palestine today.Julian Assange II Joan Coxesedge speaks at the rally in support of Julian Assange before the English hearing into his possible extradiction to US for exposing US war crimesOrganising Wage Theft II Duncan Graham for Over the Wall speaks with RFFWU's Josh Cullinan on the campaign being waged by business to make workers' struggle for better pay and conditions illegal.In My Blood It Runs II filmmaker Maya Newell talks about her film which takes us on a  journey through the eyes of a 10 year old first nation's boy.This is the Week that Was II Kevin Healy sums up the week.Women's Wages II Don Sutherland talks about women's wages in the context of the upcoming annual wages review.

James Dunn Tribute II "James Dunn,who died on 31 January at the age of 92, was a diplomat. intelligence officer, soldeier, researcher for the Parliamentary Library, writer and human rights activist. Over a long and versatile career, his most signifivant achievement is the cruscial role he played in campaigning for the rights of the Timorese people under Indonesian occupation and bringing their plight to the attention of the world." - Dr Peter JobOver the Wall II Duncan Graham talks with RFFWU secretary Josh Cullinan on negotiations with Woolworths and McDonalds.NSW climate protesters outside court II Before Christmas children took their climate protest outside the PM's house in Sydney. The police came in riot gear and arrested adults using new move on laws. David Shoebridge, Greens MP was arrested. He talks to Vivien Langford from 3cr's BZE community program outside the court on the second appearance over the matter.Zine Fair II It is the 10th year for the fabulous Sticky Institute Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair over this weekend at the Meat Market in North Melbourne. We get to speak to one of their international guests Cindy Crabb.Workers & climate II We talk with Don Sutherland about how climate is affecting workers, the issue of workers' need to have control of their own safety and if not bringing employer's to account, also with new leadership how the Greens may affect the Labor vote.

Woolworths is the latest corporation to hide behind the idea that our industrial system is too complicated to explain their $300 million wage theft bill. We talk to Josh Cullinan from RFFWU for another view of the situation.Follow-up report on the eba negoiations between RBTU Victoria and Metro.

This week Annie interviewed Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Worker’s Union about their ongoing dispute with McDonalds. Then we’ll go back in time with some old wharfies and hear stories of appalling conditions and how the workers unionised and fought for their rights.

The Federal Government policy of internships for young workers at Fast Food outlets came under fire over the Christmas period when it was found a job search agency was fielding young workers under the internship program to cover holiday vacancies at a fast food outlet. We speak to Josh Cullinan from the Fast Food and Retail Workers Union (RAFFWU) for an insight into the issues surround the internship program for young workers. We follow this with a report on the local support for Irish nurses who are going on strike for better wages and conditions on January 30th.

In addition to your weekly wrap of union news, this week we bring you two stories out of the fast food and hospitality industries. In the UK, workers at TGIFridays and Weatherspoons joined McDonalds workers to take strike action for higher pay and better jobs. One of their demands is to end youth wages, where young people are paid less for doing the same work as older workers. We also speak with Josh Cullinan from RAFFWU, about McDonald's practice of using youth wages in Australia to drive down costs. 

Monday 9 April 2018On the show with James and Will7:00am – Acknowledgement of Country7:05am – Alternative News: A weekly roundup of the news and views that mainstream media outlets are (and aren't) bringing you 7:15am – This Is An Interview: Two of the folks from Improv Conspiracy, Lisa and Lucas, come on our show to tell us about their show "This Is A Sketch Show". As part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, you can get tickets on the MICF website7:30am – ABR Turns 40! It's been 40 years and 400 issues of the Australian Book Review. Editor and CEO Peter Rose comes on the show to talk about the future of books and the publishing industry 7:40am – Victoria's ERTs Delayed: Victoria's Emissions Reductions Targets, promised by the Andrews Labor State Government, have been put in the too-hard-basket. Leigh Ewbank of Friends of The Earth's Action on Climate tells us why this is and what should happen next. 7:50am – Over The Wall: A weekly look at news and current affairs in the social safety net space. This week, Over The Wall finishes off its series of interviews with Josh Cullinan of the Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union8:00am – #LulaNaPrisao: The popular former president of Brazil Lula Da Silva has been imprisoned under controversial charges of corruption. LASNET representatives Guido and Christine come on Monday Breakfast to explain the controversy8:15am – STOLENWEALTH GAMES: Kroft from Global Intifada on 3CR reports from Camp Freedom. Kroft interviewed Wangkumara and Wonnarua man Albert Heartnett (sp?) about what has been happening at the protests and why mob should be protesting the games

I'm trying a new approach to podcasts: here's the whole show! Monday Breakfast is 3CR Community Radio's Monday current affairs and news program, hosted by James, Jackson and me, Will!7:00am – Acknowledgement of Country7:05am – Alternative News: A weekly roundup of the news and views that mainstream media outlets are (and aren't) bringing you 7:15am – Creepy, creepy creeps: Tim Singleton Norton is the chair of Digital Rights Watch and comes on Monday Breakfast to talk about the Cambridge Analytica scandal. We find out what this means for Facebook users and how this fits into broader security issues of Government policies such as those carried out at Pine Gap and other Five Eyes nations7:40am  –  Banking Misconduct: Katherine Temple of the Consumer Action Law Centre keeps us up to date on the banking and financial services Royal Commission. The Royal Commission has just wrapped up a fortnight of hearings and will resume on the 16th of April7:50am – Over The Wall: A weekly look at news and current affairs in the social safety net space. This week, Over the Wall talks to Josh Cullinan who looks at how companies like Woolworths are no longer required to publish wage rates.8:00am – False Claims of Colonial Thieves: Magabala Books has come out with a collection of poetry by writers Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella. Charmaine comes on the show to tell us about False Claims of Colonial Thieves, a reflection on the insidious forces of mining, the church, and indigenous erasure, as well as a celebration of the survival of the Yamaji nation on their barna in Western Australia8:15am – The M Word: 'Marxist' has been used as a dirty word by rightwing media outlets, but we know there's nothing to be scared of. In fact, the Marxism Conference is coming up (starting Thursday) and we're pretty excited! Ward comes on the show to tell us about it and how you can still get your ticketsFollow the hosts on Twitter to get a heads up on future shows! Will: @william_illyam, Jackson: @JackM3cr, James: @JamesBrennan23

Excerpts from 3CR Community Radio's Monday Breakfast show with James, Jackson, and Will || The Womin Djeka Balnarring Ngargee is a community festival, full of culture, music, dancing and food, taking place this Saturday the 24th from 10am. The Ngargee was founded by Bunjil's Nest, an initiative of early learning centres and primary schools in Balnarring, is meant to connect the community to the culture and lore of the Boon Wurrung first people || This week, Over the Wall talks to Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, filling us in on the latest industrial relations nonsense from Domino's Pizza || John Berger, the Victorian and Tasmanian Branch Secretary of the Transport Workers Union, comes on Monday Breakfast to talk about the the status of riders and drivers for services like Deliveroo, Uber Eats, etc. The union took in their experiences of poor or stolen pay, injury on the job, and job insecurity || Hosted by our cultural correspondent Vanessa, Multiple award-winner and celebrated writer Alex Miller comes on the show to tell us about his novel The Passage of Love

Will Tracey assistant secretary of the MUA speaks about the Web Dock Melbourne dispute: what happened and finally a victory in a dispute that looks like many of the anti union anti worker behaviour that has been a hallmark of 2017.Finally we talk with Josh Cullinan the Secretary of the newest Australian Union the Retail, Fast Food Workers Union (RFFWU), after it’s first year of operations.

Extracts from 3CR Community Radio's Monday Breakfast show  || This week on Over The Wall, Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union returns to discuss penalty rate reductions, workplace bullying, the Fair Work Ombudsman and a bunch of other industrial matters || Deputy Mayor of the City of Hobsons Bay and OII Australia co-exec Tony Briffa comes on the show to discuss the UN Human Rights Committee's recommendations to Australia on rights to bodily integrity || CEO of WIRE (the women's confidential referral service) Julie Kun comes on the show to talk to us about gender-based violence and the connection to alcohol abuse || #16DaysOfActivism

Attacks on the Boot Test and attacks on workers taking cases to the Fair Work Commission. Accused by business lobby of causing chaos industrially. We talk to Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union to set the record straight.Unionist at Indian's largest car manufacturer (Maruti Suzuki in Haryana and Manesar) have been jailed after a trial that branded them murderers. Workers call foul.https://soundcloud.com/user-514303348/maruti-complete-interview

Today with focus on Pensions and Penalty rates.David Thompson CEO of Jobs Australia lifts the curtain on some other scandals at the heart of our Centrelink system. Lou Wheeler from Fair Go for Pensioners gives an account of the Age Pension changes while Josh Cullinan from the Retail & Fast Food Workers Union goes into bat for the Baker's Delight workers who have been short changed.

Introduction to the program, discussion about the latest headlines in the news; The Greens proposal for the sugar tax, Peter Dutton's comments about Lebanese Australians. Interview with Anthony Kelly executive officer from the Flemington/Kensington Legal Service discussing the racialised nature on the reporting from the Herald Sun about the supposed crime youth wave and some commentary on the transfer of 40 teenagers into an adult jail along with promotion of an upcoming forum in December hosted by Flemington/Kensington Legal Service. Listen here. International news from Green Left Weekly a discussion about the pro-democracy rallies in Malaysia that happened last weekend and a report on the protest against the burial of a dictator in the Philippines.Interview with Josh Cullinan secretary of the new Retail and Fast Workers union discussing the formation of the new union. Listen here.Activist calendarInterview with Owen Bennett president from the unemployment union discussing the job agency crisis and the punitive practices of job network agencies. Listen here.

Labour updates from Ausralia, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Palestine, the upcoming International Workers Memorial Day, and May Day.Interview with Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Australia Bangladesh Solidarity Network (ABSN), on the Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka - Bangladesh in 2013, the aftermath of this mass murder of workers, and upcoming commemoration this Sunday in Melbourne, Australia.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links