Each week
our dynamic
team of
presenters
pack the one
hour program
with
information
about
your rights
at work, and
other social
issues. We
let you know
about the
laws that
cover you at
work - your
right to
fair pay, to
fair
conditions,
to a safe
work place,
and to fair
compensation
if you are
injured at
work.
We let you
know how you
can make
sure you are
treated
right.
We also
feature
great music,
including
local bands
and gigs,
and updates
of what's
happening
in and
around
Adelaide.
Smart and
sassy, it's
activist
media at its
best.
Definitely
worth
listening
to!
Australian
Call Centres
Maxine
Winkley
catches up
with Katrine
Hildyard,
Assistant
Secretary of
the ASU
about novel
campaign
strategies
for
Australian
call Centres.
Centrelink
Meltdown
Darryl
Bullen
speaks to
Lisa Newman,
Deputy
President of
the CPSU
about
possible
Centrelink
meltdown.
Cleanstart
Campaign
Darryl
Bullen
Chases up
The Cleaners
Union
Organiser,
Chris Field
who speaks
to historian
Humphrey
McQueen
about the
Cleanstart
Campaign.
Fairwork
Australia
Maxine
Winkley
speaks
to Professor
Andrew
Stewart,
Professor at
Law.
Adelaide Uni,
about the
new
Industrial
Laws "Fairwork
Australia".
Worth
Fighting for
- Inside the
Your Rights
at Work
Campaign
Catherine
Zengerer
spoke to
Kathie Muir
about her
new book,
Worth
Fighting For
- Inside
your rights
at work
campaign.
click here
>>
for
more
information
Paid
Maternity
Leave
Campaign
Darryl
Bullen
speaks to
Anne Levy
about the
Campaign for
Paid
Maternity
leave.
Cleaning
Rally - LHMU
Kane Hicks
attends the
Cleaning
Rally
outside
Myers and
interviewed
protesting
cleaners and
Chris Field
from the
LHMU.
ABC
Childcare
Workers and
Families
Maxine
Winkley
speaks to
Tony Snelson
from the
Childcare
Union about
the future
for ABC
childcare
workers and
families.
How
the New
US President
will Help
American
Workers
Daryl Bullen
and
Catherine
Zengerer
talk to
Democrat
Campaign
Volunteer,
David
Beckwith.
Compulsory
Voting
Ewart Shaw
talks to
Adelaide
Uni’s Susan
Hill about
whether
Compulsory
voting still
works.
Telstra
Workers Set
to Strike
Catherine
Zengerer
talks to
Bert
Blackburn,
Assistant
Secretary of
the CEPU
Communications
Division
(Telstra
Union) about
why their
workers are
set to take
industrial
action.
Wake
Up
Woolworths
Kane
Hicks talks
to the
Forestry
Union about
their
campaign to
stop
Woolworths
importing
and selling
products
made by
Asian Pulp
and Paper –
a company
with a
reputation
for
destroying
the forest
habitat of
the Sumatran
Tiger.
Teachers
Rally -
30/10/08
YR@N Roving
Reporters
Daryl Bullen
and Kane
Hicks hit
the Teachers
Rally at
Parliament
House on
Thursday 30
Oct 2008.
Michael
Franti
Michelle
Smith in
conversation
with Michael
Franti,
singer,
songwriter
and
political
activist.
Living Low
Paid
Living Low
Paid - The
Dark Side of
Prosperous
Australia"'
is a new
book by
Helen
Mastermann-Smith
and
Professor
Barbara
Pocock. It offers a biting account of Australia’s growing underbelly and is vital
reading for
anyone who
cares about
where Australia is heading.
Catherine
Zengerer
went along
to the
book’s
launch.
Cleaners
Anti–Poverty
Day
Friday 17
October was
International
Anti-poverty
Day and the
Cleaners
Union – the
LHMU – was
celebrating
a deal with
a major
cleaning
company in Adelaide. YR@N Roving
Reporter,
Daryl Bullen
was there.
Cleaners in
the Mall
After
signing the
deal,
Cleaners
went down to
Beehive
Corner in
Rundle Mall
to let
Adelaide
know about
the campaign
to lift
cleaners out
of poverty.
YR@N Roving
Reporter,
Jake Wishart,
was there.
Finance
Sector Union
on the
Global
Crisis
With the
global
financial
crisis
starting to
hit home,
The Finance
Sector Union
is calling
on the
government
to implement
a Charter of
Responsible
Lending.
Jake
Wishart
spoke to
Leanne
Shingle,
Acting
Director of
Policy and
Communications
at the
Finance
Sector
Union, to
find out
more.
CFMEU -
Women in
Forestry
The Forestry
Union has
been working
with Timber
Communities
Australia
and the Dept
of
Employment
and
Workplace
Relations
and Forest
Works to
find out why
women either
choose to
work in the
Forestry
Industry… or
not. Daryl
Bullen and
Jake Wishart
caught up
with
Secretary of
the Forestry
Union in SA
(CFMEU
Forestry
Division),
DAVE KIRNER,
to find out
more. They
asked him
how many
women are in
the industry
right now.
Teachers
Dispute
On Thursday
7th August
Your Rights
at Night
interviewed
teacher and
Sub-branch
Secretary
Lara Kelly
and
Principal
Graham Wood
about what
it was like
for them to
participate
in the AEU's
recent
industrial
action and
what
response
they are
hoping for
from the SA
government.
Helping
Young People
Understand
their Rights
at Work
On July
23 Daryl
Bullen
attended
a forum
for
young
workers
run by Safework
SA to
get
input
from
young
workers
on
designing
a new
website
aimed at
helping
young
people
understand
their
rights
at work.
ABBC - How
does it
affect
Construction
Workers?
The
Australian
Building and
Construction
Commission
or ABBC was
established
by the
Howard Govt
in 2005 in
response to
the Cole
Royal
Commission
into
corruption
in the
building
industry.
Catherine Zengerer
investigates
the history
of the ABCC,
talks to a
union
delegate to
find out how
workers in
the
construction
industry are
affected by
the laws
that apply
only to
workers in
that
industry,
and to ACTU
Secretary,
Jeff
Lawrence, to
find out
what the
ACTU's
response is
to the ALP's
position
that the
ABCC will
remain in
force until
at least
2010.
What's it
Like for
Child
Protection
Workers?
We've all
been
horrified by
the stories
of children
living in
squalor
being
neglected by
their
families.
The question
being asked
around the
country at
the moment
is "Why is
this
happening
and what can
we do to
help?".
Working on
the front
-line in
cases like
this is
tough.
Catherine
Zengerer
spoke to
General
Secretary of
the Public
Service
Association,
Jan McMahon,
to find out
what it's
like for
child
protection
workers.
NT
Intervention
- 12 Months
On
We have at
last had a
national
apology to
the stolen
generations
and its 12
months since
the Northern
Territory
intervention.
What can we
do now to
support
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
People in
our nation?
SA Unions
hosted a
forum on
Monday 16
June to
discuss this
issue with
local and
national
high profile
Aboriginal
speakers and
a chance for
questions
and
discussion.
Daryl Bullen
was there.
(part one)
Injured
Nurses -
Dealing with
WorkCover
No-one wants
to be
injured at
work.
Daryl Bullen
talks to
three nurses
who have
been injured
to find out
their
stories and
their
experiences
with the
WorkCover
Scheme as
well as how
changes to
the scheme
which cut
injured
workers pay
will impact
on them.
WorkCover
Protests -
5/6/2008
Your Rights
at Night
reporter
John Briggs
was at the
protests
against
changes to
WorkCover
outside Mike
Rann's
office.
How do our
Working
Patterns
Affect our
Health and
the Health
of Our Kids?
Catherine
Zengerer
talks to
Professor
Barb Pocock,
Director of
the Centre
for Work and
Life at
UniSA.
APHEDA
Visitors
from Vietnam
and East
Timor -
5/6/08
In honour of
the late
Terri Daktyl,
SA Unions
hosted the
Inaugural
APHEDA Union
Aid Abroad
Fundraising
Dinner at
the
Sunflower
Vietnamese
Restaurant
on May 31st
2008.
Speaking at
the dinner
were two of
the Union
Aid Abroad
Project
Managers
from Vietnam
and East
Timor.
Hang Thi Le
Hang, from
Vietnam and
Elisabeth de
Araujo from
East Timor
were brought
to Australia
to raise
awareness of
the projects
they are
running in
their
respective
countries.
Catherine
Zengerer
caught up
with them
before the
dinner. "
National
Reconciliation
Week
"National
Reconciliation
Week is May
27 to June
3. Catherine
Zengerer
caught up
with
Indigenous
activist,
CPSU member
and
Singer/Songwriter
AJ Davis
from Nunga
Reggae band
Kineman
Karma"
www.myspace.com/kinemankarma
Cleanstart
Campaign
"The
Cleaners
Union take
their
campaign to
the streets
of Adelaide
27 May
2008.
Daryl Bullen
caught up
with the
latest from
the
Cleanstart
campaign."
ACTU
Indigenous
Conference
Stand up for
Indigenous
Rights" -
was the
theme for
the ACTU
Indigenous
conference
held in
Adelaide on
the 19th and
20th May
2008. Daryl
Bullen was
there.
May Day 2008
This year's
theme for
Mayday was
defending
injured
workers from
the Rann
government's
plans to
attack our
WorkCover
scheme.
Daryl Bullen
was at the
rally on May
3, 2008.
If
you have any
issues you
wish to be
discussed
contact
Catherine
Zengerer at
SA Unions -
