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Peter Riley

Interview - Late Night Live Program:- “The Australian workers the union movement left behind” Wed 21 May 2025

abc.net.au/listen/programs/lat

Book “No Power Greater” mup.com.au/books/no-power-grea

ABC listen · The Australian workers the union movement left behind - ABC listenA new history of the union movement in Australia says marginalised groups like migrants, women, Indigenous Australia and LGBTIQA+ people were often left to run their own grass roots campaigns, and were only embraced by the broader union movement once their campaigns had gained momentum. But the approach of unions reflected the broader attitudes of the Australia of the day.   GUEST: Dr Liam Byrne, author of ‘No Power Greater - A History of Union Action in Australia’  published by Melbourne University Press. 
#labormovement#ORGANIZE#solidarity
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Peter Riley

May 28th 2025
Now:
Altona North in Naarm/Melbourne community picket supporting food workers at one of the largest bakery companies operating in Australia began stop work action on May 14 for a 15% wage increases over three years.

Then:
1998 #MUA dispute with Patrick’s; some mind blowing facts about the extent Government and Employers went to crush worker rights
3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episo

#3CR #community Radio
#labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions #workingclasshistory

3CR Community Radio · Getting the Boot Off the NeckTwo reports today. The first takes us to Altona North in Melbourne to a community picket supporting food workers at one of the largest bakery companies operating in Australia who began stop work action on May 14 for a 15% wage increases over three years.Our second story takes us back to the historic 1998 Waterfront dispute with Patrick’s with some mind blowing facts about the extent Government and Employers will go to to crush worker rights at work.
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Peter Riley

May 20th 1873

On 20 May 1873, 16 women from Ascott-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire, England, were sent to prison for their role in forming the Agricultural Workers' Union and became known as the Ascott martyrs. Local farm workers had joined the union, so the landowner sacked them and instead hired workers from the nearby village of Ramsden.

stories.workingclasshistory.co

#agriculturalworkers #AscottMartyrs #labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions
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Peter Riley

poor working conditions drove increasing numbers of Finns to the Industrial Workers of the World (#IWW). In the 1920s, Finns formed the largest individual ethnic group within the organisation. The IWW’s catch phrases were #directaction, #sabotage and #generalstrike. Music was used in the battle against capitalism by the IWW: “The Singing Union”.

fmq.fi/articles/there-is-power

www.fmq.fiFMQ - There is Power in the Union - Music in the Finnish American immigrant communityThe recent immigration wave into Europe has proved that where there is no common language, music and art can provide an important communication avenue between immigrants and locals. Through art, immigrants are able to express their own culture but also to give a voice even to their most harrowing experiences. Likewise, music played a pivotal role for Finnish immigrants in America in the turn of the 20th century. It enabled them to maintain their Finnish identity in the new environment and to integrate into American society.
#Finland#labormovement#littleRedSongbook
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