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On The Job

Australian Unions

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future. It’s about who we work with, and who we work for. It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job. It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst. Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives. And that can all be in

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17:37

Pain, periods, perimenopause: why workplaces need...

On The Job ·

2023/05/15

On The Job is back and with new hosts: Kleo Cruse and Emma Hartley. This episode is for all workers with a reproductive system – yes, that’s you!The social stigma attached to menstruation and menopause often means workers are enduring the pain of normal bodily functions in silence. We chat to Ann-Marie Allan from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and Kate Marshall from the Health And Community Services Union about how reproductive leave can help ease some of that pain. Keen to have

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19:07

Summer Series - The Uber Files

On The Job ·

2023/01/22

The last pod in our summer series takes a look at one of 2022's best pieces of investigative journalism. Since it arrived on our streets over a decade ago, Uber has prided itself on being a "disrupter" with little regard for convention.At the heart of their business model is a fanatical commitment to upend the employer/employee relationship and create a new army of sole contractors working on their tech platform with Uber having no responsibility for them, and with drivers having no rights and

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16:38

Summer Series - Foodbank and the working poor

On The Job ·

2023/01/15

This week in our summer series, we head back to August 2022 to examine the growing demands for food assistance from workers and their families. The promise of the Australian Dream is that you should be able to work one decent, secure job and earn enough pay to put a roof over your head, support your family and thrive. That all seems like a pipe dream in the current climate, where insecure work, no entitlements, climbing inflation, and a housing squeeze means that hard-working Australians are driven

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23:59

Summer Series - Elon Musk, Twitter, and why...

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2023/01/08

In the latest episode of our summer series, we head back to June 2022. At the time, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk was launching a hostile takeover bid for one of the world's biggest and most influential social media platforms, Twitter. At the same time, the Tesla founder has been playing footsy with the libertarian/alt-right, blabbing on about freedom of speech, and promising to unleash the dogs of hate speech and misinformation back onto the platform. Now had did that all turn out for the man who was

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16:54

Summer Series - Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz

On The Job ·

2023/01/01

Welcome to the first episode in our summer series, where we take a look back at some of the great conversations we had in 2022. Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz is one of the world's great thinkers. Professor Stiglitz won the 2001 Nobel Prize for his ground-breaking work in economics. Professor Stiglitz's work in pushing back against neo-liberal free market economic models and arguing for the importance of empowering workers and unions to build a more equitable economy is revered. He served as an

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14:10

Stone Cold Killer

On The Job ·

2022/12/18

Australian workers know all too well the dangers posed by working in an unsafe environment where being on the job means exposure to dangerous, toxic airborne substances. Zac Smith is the Acting National Secretary of the CFMEU. He's our guest on this week's pod to discuss silicosis, and what Unions are doing to stop it. The cruel punishment suffered by workers because of asbestos exposure lives long in the memory of the Union movement. Now, there is another airborne scourge in many workplaces that

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30:29

Woke-Washing

On The Job ·

2022/12/11

Big business and corporations are always thinking about new and more subtle ways to change the perceptions and narrative about how they operate. On this week's edition of "On the Job", Emma Hartley and Kleo Cruse from ACTU HQ tell us about the bosses latest trick - "Woke-Washing." 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

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23:01

Sally McManus on Secure Jobs Better Pay and the Union...

On The Job ·

2022/12/04

Last week was a huge one for workers across the country as Labor passed its new Industrial Relations laws, The Secure Jobs Better pay bill. Australian Unions have spent a decade campaigning for a fairer deal when it comes to our workplace laws, and the Albanese government has started the work of repairing our broken system with this legislation. The Secretary of the ACTU, Sally McManus is my guest this week discussing the implications of these new laws. Also, we're joined by Jamie Newlyn, Assistant

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17:49

Richard Denniss and The Profit Crisis.

On The Job ·

2022/11/27

Australian workers are finding that what money they do earn is no longer anywhere near enough to pay the bills. Yet, employer and business groups are sharpening their attacks on Labor’s plan to get wages moving with its “Secure Jobs Better Pay” industrial relations legislation. Richard Denniss is the Chief Economist with the Independent think tank, The Australia Institute. He’s not fooled by the bleating bosses. He joins us once again on the pod to talk about the silent crisis they don’t want you

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28:04

Workers and The World Cup

On The Job ·

2022/11/20

As the FIFA World Cup gets underway in Qatar this week, the plight of migrant workers who have built the stadiums that are hosting the games will dissolve into the background for many people. For others though, this World Cup has become as much about human rights and workers safety and freedom from exploitation as it is about the scores and results. On this week's pod, I take a deep dive into the issue of workers and human rights in Qatar. Have reforms made it ok to play the world's greatest

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22:47

Paid Parental Leave and doin' it for the kids

On The Job ·

2022/11/13

The recent budget handed down by Labor treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered a huge win for families all across Australia with the extension of Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks, and more affordable early childhood education and care.Like all ground-breaking change, it didn't happen by accident.Unions and their allies have been campaigning tirelessly for over a decade to revamp Paid Parental Leave, better and affordable early childhood education, and the status of workers in the sector.Georgie Dent has

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20:49

The Weekend - proudly brought to be, by Unions..

On The Job ·

2022/11/06

How as your weekend? I hope it was cracking good fun!Did you know that not too long ago the idea of 'the weekend' didn't exist? Two days off in succession for workers to enjoy leisure time was unthinkable for generations of workers.Our historian, Dr. Liam Byrne is once again our guest on the pod. He's here to tell us the history of how Unions and workers created the weekend._____________________________________________________________ * You can now email us with your comments, story ideas, tip-offs,

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16:51

Michele O'Neil - A Budget full of Union wins.

On The Job ·

2022/10/30

Last Tuesday night, treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the first Labor budget in nine years. For workers and Unions, it was an evening of milestones.As the Treasurer outlined his Budget, the inclusion of 10 days paid domestic and family violence leave and a significant revamp of paid parental leave represented huge victories for a series of long running Union campaigns.Michele O'Neil is the President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). She joins us on the pod after a landmark week in

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15:32

Jumping the Gap

On The Job ·

2022/10/23

The gender pay gap remains unacceptably and woefully high.Across Australia, it remains a fact that women on average earn around 14% less than their male counterparts.In the ACT though, there's an example of how you can not only close the gap - but end it.Maddy Northam is The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) ACT Regional Secretary. She joins us to tell us how it was achieved. _____________________________________________________________ * You can now email us with your comments, story ideas,

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18:32

Do you want rights with that?

On The Job ·

2022/10/16

On the Job turns 100 this week! Yep, it's our 100th episode, and I want to thank you for being part of the journey. This week, we do a bit of California dreaming, and meet one of the heroes of Cali's fast-food workers movement. California has just passed its most significant labour rights act on decades, AB257, which raises the hourly wage to $22 an hour and guarantees worker representation on a new board that will oversee wages and conditions in the industry.Ingrid Vilorio has been a Jack in the

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18:26

Climate Disaster Leave in an EBA

On The Job ·

2022/10/09

For many workers, recent climactic events like bushfires and floods have not only caused huge disruption in their personal lives, they've caused chaos in their working lives as well.In response, workers at the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) have taken the lead on this issue.They've just negotiated something called Climate Disaster Leave.Grace Vegesana is a Climate & Racial Justice Campaigner with AYCC and she's our guest on this week's pod.AYCC - https://www.aycc.org.au/Support the

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22:50

There's still power in a (British) Union.

On The Job ·

2022/10/02

Great Britain is facing an economic crisis and a grim winter as the Tory government, under new Prime Minister Liz Truss, cuts taxes for the wealthy as ordinary people struggle to heat their homes and put food on the table.This latest trickledown, meltdown has sunk the British pound, and workers and trade Unions are once again readying to take on the Conservative government that has all but abandoned working people.Britain saw a wave of industrial action across all sectors as it sweltered through

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15:32

Workers, Unions and the rise of Aussie Rules.

On The Job ·

2022/09/25

As another AFL season reaches its crescendo, it's an opportunity to reflect on how the Australian game has become such an extraordinary cultural phenomenon.The game, which emerged out of the paddocks and fields of mid 19th Century Melbourne, has had many versions of its origin story told. One part of its history that is often overlooked is the role that organised workers and their unions had in the success of footy as a spectator sport.Dr. Tony Ward is a historian based at Melbourne University who

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28:08

Is your rental accommodation making you sick?

On The Job ·

2022/09/18

Millions of Australian workers know what it's like to shiver through a winter in a rental property that is too cold, without enough heating, or is drafty or damp.It impacts your wellbeing, mental health and can actually make you sick.The last thing people on low wages and in insecure work need in their lives is to miss work because they're ill.Better Renting is an organisation that campaigns to improve the quality of rental properties to ensure renters getter a better deal and stay healthy.Their

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20:57

Qantas - the wounded Kangaroo

On The Job ·

2022/09/11

For decades, Qantas was an institution that inspired a form of civic pride in most Australians.It was an airline with an impeccable safety record, a reputation for excellence in service, as well as being a great place to work.In 2022, Qantas' stellar reputation is in tatters, replaced by a long list of grievances - delayed and cancelled flights, lost baggage and safety concerns.At the heart of this has been CEO Alan Joyce's relentless job stripping, cost cutting and a union busting crusade that has

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