Podcasts about young workers centre

This week we hear the voices of apprentices as the Young Workers Centre gears up for its campaign for better outcomes for apprentices and we catch with Wil Stracke, assistant secretary at Victorian Trades Hall, as she joined other Union women on the streets of Melbourne to talk about the pay gap for women on Unequal Pay Day on Monday 29th August.Pay Gap Calculator here 

As the federal election campaign lurches into gear, there is one group of Australians who are routinely forgotten about in the conversation - young workers.Younger Australians have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID19 pandemic. They've had their schooling and studies disrupted, their working lives upended, and their prospects for the future imperilled.Felicity Sowerbutts from The Young Workers Centre joins us to discuss what's at stake for young workers.Young Workers Centre - https://www.youngworkers.org.au/ _____________________________________________________________ * You can now email us with your comments, story ideas, tip-offs, flip offs, and questions - otjpodcast@protonmail.com *On the Job is made by Australian Unions. More about On The Job podcast Need help with working conditions? Call Australian Union Support Centre - 1300 486 466 About the hosts Sally Rugg - @sallyrugg Francis Leach, ACTU - @SaintFranklySupport the show: https://www.onthejobpodcast.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

COVID cancellations of concerts and festivals are (hopefully) behind us, but lots of people are still waiting for ticket refunds from gigs in 2020. So, what are your rights when buying a concert ticket during the pandemic? Plus, the Environment Minister has won an appeal in the federal court, overturning a decision which said she had a duty of care to protect young people from climate harm. And we look at a trial in Victoria that will give some casual workers paid sick leave. Live guests: Ken O'Brien, managing director of The Drop Professor Jacqueline Peel, expert in environmental and climate change law Felicity Sowerbutts, Director, Young Workers Centre

 Acknowledgement of Country Headlines 7:15AM -  An excerpt from a conversation with Dr Mary Graham, a Kombu-merri and Wakka Wakka person from SE Queensland on Collaborative Governance and relational ethos. Introduced by Dr Michelle Maloney (Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance). You can catch EarthMatters Sundays on 3CR from 11am MC Dreckschwester (aka Stinky Girl) from Roominations speaking at 3CR's IWD street party on Tuesday March 8. An event actively pushing back against white liberal corporate feminism. Roominations Radio was a show produced and presented by people with a lived experience of homelessness that until recently was presented on 3CR - sadly a casualty of the corporatisation of community services. You heard at the end there - part of a set from DJ Marroushti from Salaam Radio Sundays on 3CR from 4pm. Check out the full IWD 24hour Broadcast. 7:30AM - We were joined by Karen Fletcher, CEO of Flat Out Inc. and Sara Stilianos, a performer for Outside Voices. Outside Voices is a free online event for International Women's Day in collaboration with Creative Brimbank and Flat Out Inc. Together they are running a short series of creative readings and songs from women & trans and gender diverse folks who have experienced criminalisation and imprisonment. The event will be online tomorrow Fri 11 March 2022 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM AEDT through Eventbrite.  7:45AM - Lucy Honan is a high school Humanities and English teacher, a member of the Australian Education Union (AEU), and of the rank and file educators group Melbourne Educators for Social and Environmental Justice (MESEJ). They join us to discuss the call for improvements in the working standards for teachers. 8:15AM - Claudia, a former employee at the Australian lingerie company Honey Birdette, and Felicity Sowerbutts from Young Workers Centre, join us to speak about the campaign to end sexual harassment at Honey Birdette. Despite the tireless organising of former employees associated with the 2015 Not Your Honey campaign, Claudia's recently launched petition raises concerns about the company's failure under the Equal Opportunity Act to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace. Find out more and sign the petition here. You can also sign the 2015 Not Your Honey petition here. Songs:Everything is Great - Alice Skye Find out more about Alice Skye's upcoming tour and tour dates here Smile - IZY  IZY is playing at The Old Bar on Saturday 19th of March

Please note this interview is from July 2020. Young people have suffered the largest increases in unemployment, and the biggest falls in jobs, since the start of the pandemic. COVID has the potential to leave a whole generation of people behind, creating an entire generation who will be battling to rise above poverty. Throughout this pandemic unions have been fighting to protect worker's rights and safety at work. Worker solidarity is essential to sustainable post COVID economic recovery. Joining us in conversation this morning to discuss how the pandemic has severely impacted young workers and the importance of unions in their future, we would like to welcome to the show, Bella Himmelreich, and Rachel Burgess from the Young Workers Centre with Unions ACT Bella Himmelreich is an organiser and Administration Officer at the Young Workers Centre in Canberra, and a student at the ANU. She is passionate about getting young people active in their local communities and fighting collectively for a better future. Rachel Burgess is the Outreach Coordinator and organiser at the Young Workers Centre in Canberra, and is also a student at the ANU. She is studying economics and policy studies and is interested in working alongside others to organise better outcomes for young people.

Dylan and Jeremie speak with Mairead from Young Workers Centre and Liam from United Worker's Union - HospoVoice about wage theft laws which came into effect on 01 July 2021.We discuss what wage theft is, how rampant wage theft is, what these new laws change, and where to get help.https://www.youngworkers.org.au/https://www.facebook.com/youngworkerscentrehttps://www.twitter.com/youngworkersvichttps://unitedworkers.org.au/https://www.hospovoice.org.au/https://www.facebook.com/HospoVoice/https://www.instagram.com/hospo.voice/https://twitter.com/hospovoice  

Nicotine vapes will be illegal without a prescription from October 1, but young vapers and sellers tell Hack they aren't fazed. And experts reckon the laws will backfire and create a bigger black market. While the Federal Government is still lagging behind on a concrete climate commitment, their NSW counterparts have promised to cut emissions by half over the next decade. Plus, pandemic disaster payments will stop once states and territories hit the 80 per cent vaccination mark. And there are fears young people will be left struggling. Live guests: Dr Michelle Jongenelis, e-cigarette researcher at the University of Melbourne Matt Kean, NSW Environment Minister Mairead Lesman, Young Workers Centre

Sally McManus is the Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Union. She spends each day talking to and advocating for workers across the country. In this episode, Sally and I discuss imposter syndrome, protecting workers in the gig economy, Jobseeker and the type of society we should be trying to construct together. Plus the fact that you should be moving through life with the confidence of an average bloke. Please rate, review and subscribe to In the House and In the Senate to help us grow and reach more people!Find out more about the ACTU - https://www.actu.org.au/Are you a young worker who wants to learn more about your rights at work, check out the Young Workers Centre here - https://www.youngworkers.org.au/Join your union hereGet in touch with In the House and In the Senate:Instagram: @inthehouseinthesenate / @alisha.aitkenradburnEmail: inthehouseinthesenate@gmail.comIn the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last week the Young Workers Centre rallied Apprentices and their supporters together to kick off a campaign calling for change to a work-place culture which puts them at risk for their lives and their future. We hear some of their stories and the solution to this wicked state if affairs.

News on the Omnibus Bill, Hungry Panda riders and more, and we take a look at how today's apprenticeships don't look anything like they did in 1969. Felicity Sowerbutts from the Young Workers Centre talks about the issues apprentices face today and how we can support them.

This episode; a Victorian Aboriginal owned social enterprise that is a dynamic fashion label managed by health professionals and the Federal Government's latest industrial relations bill. More about On The Job podcast Need help with working conditions? Call Australian Union Support Centre - 1300 486 466 Further reading from this episode Laura Thompson, founder of Clothing The Gap "We're able to take risks, we're able to be bold with our voice" said Laura Laura on LinkedIn "I took a leap of faith to start a health business with co-founder Sarah called Spark Health. It’s been shared mindsets, goals, work ethics and values that has enabled our partnership, business and impact to flourish. "We never imagined that it would end up looking like this. With us managing an Aboriginal street wear label as well, that supports and funds the impact and work we do together with Aboriginal Communities." Felicity Sowerbutts, Director, Young Workers Centre One in five works have had their wages stolen from them by age 30, said Felicity Sowerbutts. She said the new workplace legislation introduced to Federal Parliament by the Morrison Government will make it "so much harder to transfer from casual work to permanent work" while further disadvantaging young workers. Felicity on LinkedIn Felicity started work in the Australian trade union movement after studying Politics in the UK and working and volunteering for MPs and campaign organisations. Before joining the Young Workers Centre, Felicity led the Campaigns Team at Victorian Trades Hall through more elections than she can count. About the hosts Sally Rugg, @sallyrugg Francis Leach, @SaintFranklySupport the show: https://www.onthejobpodcast.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Caspar speaks with 29 year old Young Workers Centre Director Felicity Sowerbutts about the successful campaign to make Wage Theft a crime. After growing up in the UK and moving to Australia as a young politics graduate, Felicity worked retail jobs, internships and slugged away until finding herself working with the Victorian Trades Hall Council just as they created a dedicated legal service and hotline for youth workers - The Young Workers Centre. After initial surveys found rampant underpayments and seeing that there was no proper punishment for willfully underpaying or denying minimum entitlements to workers, the Young Workers Centre renamed underpayment "Wage Theft" and successfully campaigned for it to become a crime in the state of Victoria. Aside from discussing this remarkable campaign, Caspar and Felicity discussed the plight of young workers in the covid-era, the ways young workers can address issues in their workplace and the importance in empowering people to transform their lives.Recorded safely over zoom and featuring music by Big Gigantic, this episode was brought to you by PRISM Coffee. Prism are young coffee roasters who love our show as much as you do. Receive 10% off their entire range by using the code "BingeThinkCoffee". Orders over $50 receive free delivery Australia-wide. Grab a coffee and get organized & unionized!

This week we've got plenty of news to update you on some of what's been happening for workers during the pandemic. We also hear from Brett Edgington, Secretary of the Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council about ACM's announcement that it will close their printing factory in Wendouree with over 130 jobs lost. We continue the discussion Annie started last week about the huge impact COVID-19 is having on regional media. Then we'll hear from Scott Collom, an outreach organiser with the Young Workers Centre about how apprentices are struggling to continue their training at TAFE and on the job due to ongoing restrictions and uncertainty.  

Wages paid illegally below award rates, dodgy individual contracts, unpaid penalty rates, summary dismissal. Such exploitative practices are suffered by many a worker in many an industry. But what if you’re a young worker, new to the world of work, with no understanding of your rights and entitlements in the workplace, and no knowledge or experience of what collective struggle can achieve? That’s where organisations like the Young Workers Centre have a crucial role to play, providing an entry point in to the labour movement for vulnerable and disenfranchised young workers. Alex Whisson caught up with the director of the Young Workers Centre, Keelia Fitzpatrick. He began by asking how the centre first came into existence.

Who are Millie, Grant and Tash? A Trades Hall campaigner at the Young Workers Centre; a letter-boxer who was once too shy to talk to voters; and a young person whose family home was compulsorily acquired for the dud East-West Link - they've all got a different reason for campaigning for Labor's Clare Burns in the Northcote By-Election. Join these amazing volunteers on Labor's campaign in Northcote & sign up at thisislabor.org/clare or donate at thisislabor.org/donateclare

Hosted within the common space of Céline Condorelli’s installation, this discussion responds to expanded notions of organised labour in the arts, who the risk-bearers are and what their reward. Speakers: Colleen Chen – Lawyer and President, Young Workers Centre and founder of Interns Australia Ben Eltham – Writer, Journalist, Researcher, Creative Producer & Social Commentator Sarah Gory – General Manager, un Projects and former Director, Queensland Poetry Festival Lucie McIntosh – Artist, Curator and Chair of Directors at BLINDSIDE Tuesday 29 August 2017

It seems that our rights at work are being eroded from every direction and it's enough to cause a bit of anxiety. We talk to Harriet Leadbetter from the Victorian Trades Hall Council about why work shit employers and bad work makes young people anxious and how organisations like the Young Workers Centre are empowering youth to fight back.

Today we will feature a CUB picket as the blokes were getting ready for the Grand Final weekend. The Young Workers Centre down at Victorian Trades Hall has been putting runs on the board over the last year and on Friday Oct 7th it runs its first Young Workers Conference.We will finish with Ben Davis from the AWU reflecting on the recent decision of the Andrews Labour Government in Victoria's to boost local jobs with the new contract to build the rolling stock for the railways.

As the Senate blocks turnbull's ABCC bill, the stage is now set for an early election for July 2nd. Together with Jerome Small,  we will be looking at the Bernie Sanders phenomenon and the new labor struggles throughout the Mid-West. This will be followed up by an interview with Keelia Fitzpatrick from the Young Workers Centre at Trades Hall about the need to organise and assist young workers in unpaid internships.