Workers Power (unedited)

Lost without a trace

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 5 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talked to Kellie and Brian from The Leads about their new track Trace, a song which takes you from Lake Mungo to Deebing Creek, Brian is also editor for The Ipswich Tribune and has won awards for his reporting on the conflict at Deebing Creek.

Songs played
Royal Blood - Figure it out
L7 - S**tlist
The Mark of Cain - Remember Me
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - The Road Safety Song
The Glycereens - Jane Street
Voiid - Free Kitten
Cable Ties - Perfect Client
Goanna - Solid Rock
Gangajang - Speak to me
DeeKay - Time for sum akshun
Kev Carmody - Thou shalt not steal

Where's your head at?

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about scar trees, the deadly conditions of truck drivers, and more.

Songs played
Spandau Ballet - True
The Mark of Cain - First Time
The Breeders - I just wanna get along
Melvins - Black Betty
L7 - S**tlist
The Sweaty Bettys - Gas Light
The Leads - Trace
Worm Girlz - Dirt
Gut Health - Juvenile Retention
The Rockerfeller Frequency - Something Stupid I Want
The Snouts - It is what it is
Sleaford Mods - West End Girls
Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at?
Radium Dolls - CIA

$200 million a day

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the government's attack on black kids, the huge impact of the DP World strike, successes in banning engineered stone, and more.

Songs played
Ball Park Music - I Feel Nothing
Ethan Enoch - Nothing New
Glitoris - Spit Hood
Thelma Plum - We Don't Talk About It
Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head
Barkaa - King Brown
Worm Girlz - Dirt
King Stingray - Camp Dog
Race Rage - Eat The Rich
Phil Monsour - I Left My Heart in Palestine (feat. Mohamed Youssef)
TAWNY HAWK - Colours
Our House - This is a Robbery

"Permanent Casual"

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about another death in custody, actions being taken around australia in support of Palestine, bargaining at K-mart and Big W, and more.

Songs played
L7 - Wargasm
Magic Dirt - (I'm) Stranded
The Sweaty Bettys - Gas Light
Joji - Pretty Boy
Worm Girlz - Dirt
The Mark of Cain - First Time
Gut Health - Juvenile Retnetion
Baby Mullet - Error-404
Platonic Sex - Melon
The Snouts - It is what it is

First Nations workers win big

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 7 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about a whole suite of victories for First Nations workers, decriminalisation of public drunkeness, won stolen pay back, and more.

Songs played
Cosmic Psychos - Nice day to go to the pub
The Mark of Cain - Tell Me
Grace Jones - Slave to the rhythm
The Seaty Bettys - Gas Light
Selve - Radar
The New York Dollls - Personality Crisis
Billiam - Freakline
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - I dont want it
Magic Dirt - (Im) Stranded
Damien - Empty (HeroNoodle Remix)
Baby Mullett - Error-404
Platonic Sex - Melon

The power is in our own hands

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about unions banning engineered stone, Virgin workers preparing to strike, the police being racist, and more.

Songs played
Throwing Muses - Not too soon
Rob Zombie - Dragula
The Sweaty Bettys - Gas Light
New Fridge - God's out to get you
Mt Nadir - Pain
Billiam - Freak Line
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - I dont want it
Buffy - Mouse
Baby Mullett - Error - 404
Tawny Hawk - Colours
C U Next Tuesday - Dicklord

Sportsmanship and solidarity

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have an interview with Kathryn Harby-Williams from the Australian Netball Players' Association about their current campaign for better pay. We also talk about deaths in custody, a victory for Chevron workers, a brand new KFC class action, and more.

Songs played
Queens of the stone age - No One Knows
Royal Blood - Firgure it out
Selve - RADAR
Magic Dirt - (Im) Stranded
Baby Mullett - Error-404
Billiam - Freak Line
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - I'm not changing
Tawny Hawk - Colours
Britney's Diary - Monday Morning
Dropkick Murphy's - Workers Song
Phil Monsour ft Rafeef Ziadah - Define - Song Not Forgotten
Platonic Sex - When I come HOme, Ill find a hill to die on

They can't break us

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we listen to an hour of First Nations music, then talk about MUA action at DP world, dairy workers on strike, and more.

Songs played
Baker Boy ft Jess B - Meditijin
Yothu Yindi - Treaty
Mop and the Dropouts - Brisbane Blaks
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Gangajang - Speak to me
No Fixed Address - Stand Up
Kev Carmody - Thou Shalt Not Steal
Warumpie Band - Blackfella Whitefella
Deekay - Time for some akshun
Kev Carmody - From Little Things Big Things Grow
Baker Boy - Black Magic
Selve - RADAR
Billiam - Freak Line
Baby Mullett - Error-404
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - Lights Out

Links to what we talked about
MUA Members Take Action at DP World
1400 DAIRY WORKERS UNITE FOR FAIR WAGES AMIDST COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
Chevron Australia LNG unions stick to strike plan even as pay talks continue

#SuperStrike!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the SuperStrike happening at Coles and Woolies, a remote indigenous community winning the right to safe drinking water, the Chevron workers gearing up for strike action once again, and more.

Songs played
L7 - S**tlist
Magic Dirt - (i'm) Stranded
The Rockerfeller Frequency - Something Stupid I want
RADAR - Selve
Dobby - I cant breathe ft Barkaa
Blue Scholars - Prolteriat Blues
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Im not changing
Tawny Hawk - Colouts
Platonic Sex - When I come home, Ill find a hill to die on
Britney's Diary - Monday Morning
HeroNoodle feat Damien - Resist and disorder
Billiam - Freakline

Save Toondah Harbour

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 3 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Robert Bush from the Queensland Wader Study Group about the upcoming Welcome Back Shore Birds Festival. An event being put on to welcome back the shore birds from their world spanning journey, as well as raise awareness about the importance of the Toondah Harbour wetlands, which are facing destruction at the hands of developers.

Songs played
Plethysmograph - Jello Biafra and The Melvins
Weezer - Undone (Sweater Song)
Buffy - Mouse
Selve - Radar
Strawbs - Part of the union
Rise Against - Nowhere Generation
Billiam - Freak Line
Britney's Diary - Monday Morning
Platonic Sex - When I come home, Ill find a hill to die one
The Rockerfeller Frequency - Something Stupid I Want
Gut Health - Uh Oh

Links to what we talked about
First Nations woman stops Woodside's seimic blasting
Inghams workers win!
Childcare workers win industrial bargaining
Sri Lanka workers begin sit-in strike
Stop Black deaths in custody national day of action
Close Enough for Country

Woolies workers take action!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the exciting industrial action being taken by Woolies workers, including several work bans. We also talk about the end of the Chevron strike, the Inghams Chicken workers on strike, and more.

Songs played
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Last Quokka - Disconnected
The Mark of Cain - Tell me
Selve - Red Desert Dream
The Cramps - You got good taste
Violent Femmes - Children of the revolution
Gut Health - Uh Oh
Bloc Party - Helicopter
Interpol - Obstacle 2
Platonic Sex - When I come home, I'll find a hill to die on
Teen jesus and the jean teasers - Salt ft the grogans

Stop the Stink

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we hear from the Stop the Stink meeting in Ipswich where the community are fighting against their town being used as a tip for the rest of the country.

Songs played
Death - Politician in my eyes
Regina Spektor - Ballad of a politician
Soundgarden - She's a politician
Cable Ties - Change
Selve - Radar
Piss Shivers - Onerous
Billiam - Freak Line
The Parameters - Pig City

Union Town

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about developments in the Chevron strike, we hear a powerful speech from SAG-AFTRA member Natalia Castellanos, and we introduce a new segment 'In The Commission', where we talk about a case from the Fair Work Commission.

Songs played
Weezer - Say it aint so
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Robot Girl
Selve - Dead Man
The Worm Turns - Dead Speak of Lives
Mouse - Buffy
Cosmic Psychos - Im up your out
Great Big Sea - The Chemical Workers Song
Snorkel - Its a laugh
Billiam - Freak Line
Phil Monsour - Solidarity Forever
Bad Pharmer - Girl with Golden Hair
Tom Morello & The Nightwatchmen - Union Town

Callen's Power

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 5 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we say goodbye to Cal once again as he's off on another government job.

Songs played
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - The Road Safety Song
The Mark Of Cain - Walk Away
Mouse - Buffy
Selve - Phonebooth
Ramones - Beat up the brat
Platonic Sex - B**ch in the heat
The Glycereens - Get Off
Interpol - Evil
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Links to what we talked about
Vic truth-telling inquiry pushes for independent police oversight
Northern Land Council slams "outrageously low" fine for illegal land clearing
Mint My Desk, MillionLife staff accuse bosses of underpayment

Politician in my eyes

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the Queensland government overriding the human rights act AGAIN to put black kids in jail, teachers across the continent going on strike, and more.

Songs played
The Mark of Cain - LMA
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Road Safety Song
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - I used to be fun
Tia Gostelow - Early Twenties
Gangajang ft William Barton and Jack Thompson - Speak to me
Selve - Phonebooth
Rocket Science - Agitation
Billiam - Freak Line
Suburbia Suburbia - Take a sickie
The Leftards - Corporate Shitlist
The Glycereens - Get Off
Platonic Sex - B**tch in the heat
Britney's Diary - F**k You, Motherf**ker

Agitation

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about another pig assaulting kids, the massive protest at Labor's national conference, the beginning of a strike at Chevron, and more.

Songs played
Died Pretty - DC
Parkway Drive - Prey
Piss Shivers - Onerous
Gagajang ft William Barton and Jack Thompson - Speak to me
The Chats - Smoko
Rocket Science - Agitation
Suburbia Suburbia - Take a sickie
Platonic Sex - B*tch in the heat
Billiam - Freak Line
KillPill - Pills for kids
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - I used to be fun
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

Radio Against The Machine

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week is Radiothon! 4ZZZ's annual subscriber drive, where we ask you to spend your hard-earned cash to keep us on air. We talk to local musician Damien about the importance of 4ZZZ and community organisations like it.

Songs played
Rage against the machine - Take the power back
The mark of cain - LMA
Gangajang ft William Barton & Jack Thompson - Speak to me
Britney's Diary - I'd rather die than suck your fascist star spangled c**k
Billiam - Freakline
Platonic Sex - Bitch in heat
Suburbia Suburbia - Take a sicky
Cable Ties - Silos
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Robot Girl
Kill Pill - Pills for kids
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - I used to be fun
The Glycereens - Get Off
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

Corporate S**tlist

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 8 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about a recent strike ballot surge in this continent, the targeting of Woodside CEO's home by activists, Canada dockworkers voting no to a government enforced deal, and more.

Songs played
The Mark of Cain - Interloper
Selve - Deadman
The Leftards - Corporate S**tlist
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - I used to be fun
The New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Marville - Fiction
Billiam - Freak Line
Kill TV - Blindside
Suburbia Suburbia - Take a sickie
Kill Pill - Pills for Kids
The Glycereens - Get Off
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

An injury to one is an injury to all

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 1 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about First Nations people defending Newry state forest, a critical injury on a Cross River Rail site and the CFMEU's response, the protests against the fascist coup in Peru, and more.

Songs played
Cable Ties - Tell them where to go
Kill Tv - Blindside
Caravan - Shades of Blue
Billiam - Freak Line
Marville - Fiction
The Rockerfeller Frequency - This Modern Life
Fingerless - Truth
Rocket Science - Agitation
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Robot Girl
Glitoris - Spoiler Alert
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

The walls are closing in

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about some successful legal challenges by First Nations people, a CFMEU campaign for the housing crisis, the upcoming UPS strike, and more.

Songs played
Glitoris - Sock Puppet
Cable Ties - Too Late
Selve - Dead Man
King Stingray - Lookin Out
Marville - Fiction
Britney's Diary - Id rather die than suck your fascist star spangled cock
Truth - Fingerless
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Robot Girl
Billiam - Freak Line
Kill TV - Blindside
Rocket Science - Agitation
Machine On A Break - Honestly
The Rockerfeller Frequency - This Modern Life
Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

Movie stars, sporting legends and mongrel coppers

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +1000

Today on the show we have plenty of workers action. We have stories about mongrel coppers, movie stars, sporting stars and of course the world famous Scallywag of the Week.

Songs played
Cable Ties - Perfect Client
Full Flower Moon Band - Power
Amyl and The Sniffers - Gacked on Anger
The Mark Of Cain - Let Chaos Supreme
Selve - Red Desert Dream
Caravan - Shandes of Blue
Marville - Fiction
Glitoris - Spoler Alert
Fingerless - Truth
Cable Ties - Change
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Robot Girl
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

Links to what we talked about
Police officer attacks First Nations teen
Rugby League players take industrial action
Screen Actors Guild on strike!
AMPTP intends to let writers lose their homes before negotiating
Fran Drescher speech
Worker dies at Amazon warehouse

IKEA vote NO!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about Black Cladding, IKEA workers organising a vote no campaign, postal workers fighting for a better union, and more.

Songs played
Cable Ties - Too Late
Selve - Red Desert Dream
Tia Gostelow - Early Twenties
King Stingray - Looking Out
Marville - Fiction
The Rockerfeller Frequency - This Modern Life
Kill Tv - Blindside
Machine On a Break - Honestly
The Boys - CPR
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

Links to what we talked about
"Black cladding" rampant in Victoria's construction industry
This beloved Wadi Wadi Elder is helping mob in prison become published authors
IKEA workers go to vote
Postal workers fight for an activist union

Abolish the police

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 4 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the impacts of queensland's bail laws, immigrant workers winning their strike, and anti-police riots in France.

Songs played
Interpol - C'mere
Bloc Party - Helicopter
Tjaka` - Bada Dad
Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney
Selve - Red Desert Dream
King Stingray - Lookin Out
Kev Carmody - From Little Things Big Things Grow
Cable Ties - Too Late
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Stalker
Baby Mullet - Hyperglycemia
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks - $600 Short on the rent
Glitoris - Lickety Split
Pinch Points - Pave Me
Last Quokka - Eat The Rich
Suburbia Suburbia - Piss in my pocket
Marville - Fiction
Britney's Diary - F**k you motherf**ker

The Labor party is useless

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the Banksia Hill riots, Labor reintroducing the cashless debit card, Blockade Australia's blockades, and more.

Songs played
Selve - The Devil's In The Details
Baker Boy - Black Magic feat. Dallas Woods
Smoking Martha - I Tried
WAAX - Read Receipts
Barkaa - King Brown
Sweater Curse - Caught Up
John Butler Trio - Revolution
Annoying Neighbours - Chicken Joe
Hilltop Hoods - Fifty In Five
Last Quokka - Cue

put your bodies upon the gears

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talked to Zelda from Blockade Australia about their recent protests blockading some of Australia's biggest ports. We are also joined by fellow workers on work-experience, Clara, Manny, and Mark. In the second hour Bill and Cal discuss the failurs of the Labor Party.

Songs played
Last Quokka - Disconnected
Baby Mullett - Hyperglycemia
Selve - Ghostwriter
Marville - Fiction
Britney's Diary - You're f**king nuts (and I love it)
Rockerfeller Frequency - This Modern Life
Suburbia Suburbia - Piss in my pocket
Tawny Hawk - Indecision
Cable Ties - Change
Britney's Diary - F**k you Motherf**ker

Same Job, Same Pay

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about acknowledgements of Country, 'same job, same pay', an update on the CPSU negotiations, and more.

Songs played
Queens of the stone age - Emotion Sickness
Kurilpa Reach - Chicken Rendang
Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney
Devo - Working in a coal mine
Marville - Fiction
Glitoris - Lickety Split
Cable Ties - Change
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks - $600 short on the rent
Suburbia Suburbia - Piss in my pocket
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Stalker
Tawny Hawk - Indecision
The Rockerfeller Frequency - This Modern Life
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

Increasing rents, increasing tents

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 6 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about First Nations people fighting against a mining project in the Kimberley, BHP underpaying workers $400 million dollars, the RBA governor spewing bullsh*t, and more.

Songs played
Sleaford Mods - Force 10 from Navarone
Aodhan - When you're ready
RVG - It's not easy
Suburbia Suburbia - Piss in my pocket
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks - 600 Short on the rent
STAN - The Heavy
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Stalker
Glitoris - Lickety Split
Britney's Diary - F**k you, Motherf**ker

Queerswich

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Rach, an organiser for Queerswich, the Ipswich Pride celebration, about the upcoming event and what's happening.

Songs played
Sleaford Mods - Force 10 from navarone
Cable Ties - Change
STAN - The Heavy
Blak Britney - Miss Kaninna
Bibbulman - Last Quokka
IDLES - Carcinogenic
Queens of the stone age - Emotion Sickness
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Stalker
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

The Murray Hour

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 23 May 2023 10:00:00 +1000

We took it easy this week as the first hour was all music thanks to our brand new subscriber Murray. In the second hour we talk about a cop actually being found guilty, ASU members at a not-for-profit fighting for better conditions, and more.

Songs played
Tom Morello - Union Town
Warumpi Band - Blackfella/Whitefella
Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney
Shaking Family - Union Man
Voiid - Lexapro
Pinch Points - Pave Me
PJ Harvey - A child's question, August
Teen jesus and the jean teasers - Lights out
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Stalker
The Stooges - No Fun
The Drones - I looked down the line and I wondered
Cable Ties - Change
Billy Bragg - There will be a reckoning
Beasties Boys - No sleep till Brooklyn
Suburbia Suburbia - Piss in my pocket
Queens of the stone age - Emotion Sickness
Glitoris - Lickety Split
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

Links to what we talked about
Police officer found guilty of assaulting Indigenous teen in Sydney
ASU members fight to beat inflation
MEAA members win new agreement

Protect First Nations children

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 16 May 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about children locked up in prison, protests against war in Port Kembla, child labour, and more.

Songs played
REM - Cant Get There From Here
Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney
Cuckoo Coco - Chance
Acid Cherry - Prisoner
Suburbia Suburbia - Piss in my pocket
Zzade - Triple Diamond Status
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Stalker
PJ Harvey - A Childs Question
The Clash - Know your rights
Clutch - Fortunate Son
Cable Ties - Change
Last Quokka - My Girl
Britney's Diary - F**k you, motherf**ker

Crowns are so out of fashion, try a guillotine

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 9 May 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Yowie from the Deebing Creek Jarjumbah protection site, about the destruction of the camp and the building up of the fight back. We also chat about the coronation and the republican movement, and the writers' strike kicking off in the US.

Songs played
Square - Radio
Cable Ties - Change
Dee Kay - Lyrical Activist
Selve - The Pink Hotel
Pinch Points - Pave Me
Reverend Hellfire & the Tapeloops - Working for the Government
Last Quokka - Gael Place
Full Flower Moon Band - NY - LA
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Stalker
PJ Harvey - A Child's Question, August
Britney's Diary - Fuck You Motherfucker

Deebing Creek destroyed

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 2 May 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the destruction of the Jarjumbah protection site at deebing creek, and we talk to Kerry who gives us an update from the site. We also talk about the May Day Rally, and the recent changes to Centrelink.

Songs played
Voiid - Lexapro
Cable Ties - Change
Dee Kay - Time for some akshun
Kev Carmody - Thou Shalt Not Steal
Britneys Diary - F**k you motherf**ker
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Gurlzilla
Radium Dolls - Tractor Parts
Last Quokka - Disconnected
PhD! - Grief in colour
Cash Savage and The Last Drinks - $600 Short On The Rent
Cuckoo Coco - Chance

May Day Special 2023

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Mon, 1 May 2023 10:00:00 +1000

We bring you on the ground at the Labour Day march this year as we listen to the union chants and talk to unionists and activists about Labour day and the labour movement. We also have Ellen in the studio bringing you all the union classics.

Songs played
Phil Monsour - Solidarity Forever
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Billy Bragg & Wilco - All You Fascists
Phil Monsour - Still Need A Union
Dhopec - BLF Green Bans (ft. Miko & Billy Bragg)
The Parameters - Pig City
The Coup - The Guillotine
Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back
Crass - Do They Owe Us A Living?
Electric Fields - From Little Things Big Things Grow
Dobby - I Can't Breathe ft. Barkaa
Barkaa - OUR Lives Matter
The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
Neil Young - Union Man
Butterfingers - I Love Work
Billy Bragg - The Internationale

The real meaning of 'lest we forget'

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This ANZAC day we are joined by Jeff Rickertt from the Brisbane Labour History Association to talk about the frontier wars, the imperialist history (and present) of the Australian military, and to make a case against khaki nationalism. In our second hour we talk to Phil Monsour about his upcoming Palestine Songs and Stories Fundraiser, a May Day solidarity concert to support the Palestinian people through APHEDA, on 7pm the 8th of May at the ETU Building.

Songs played
Rage Against the Machine - Killing In the Name
Andy Paine - Don't Kill People
Cuckoo Coco - Chance
PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Phil Monsour - I Left My Heart in Palestine
Phil Monsour - Ghosts of Deir Yassin
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Gurlzilla

200th Episode! Time to talk about human rights abuses

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have our 200th Episode!! To celebrate the occasion we talk a bit about how the show began and how we got here. Also Callen is back!! We have a great chat about what he's been up to in the Queensland Human Rights Commission.

Songs played
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Unseen
Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless
Rage Against The Machine - Take the power back
Baba! Yaga! - Lookout (He's behind you)
Last Quokka - Disconnected
IDLES - Grounds
Sleaford Mods - UK Grim
Cuckoo Coco - Be the boss
The Sweaty Bettys - Skin Deep
Being Jane Lane - My troubled town

What a load of rubbish

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the sacking of Zachary Rolfe, the Cleanaway workers strike, the construction workers rally, and more.

Songs played
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - The Road Safety Song
Cuckoo Coco - Middle Shift Bulls**t
Last Quokka - Disconnected
Neil Diamond - Forever In Blue Jeans
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - Lights Out
Cables Ties - Perfect Client
VOIID - Free Kitten
Worker & Parasite - Cease + Desist
Being Jane Lane - DANCIN
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)

Bob Carnegie is at it again

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 4 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to former secretary of the MUA Bob Carnegie, who is running for the position once again along with Mike Barber. We talk about why he's running, his plans for the position, union politics, and more.

french strikers and rent hikers

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +1000

In this episode we chat with former WP co-host Feargal, who now resides in France, about the strike action being taken in France. In our second hour we chat with Sian from SEQUR about the issues that renters face and how they can stand up and fight back.

Songs played
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks - Keep working at your job
Dobby ft Barkaa - I cant breathe
Sleaford Mods - UK Grim
Dead Kennedys - Take this job and shove it
Dropkick Murphys - Which side are you on?
The Cassingles - Brisbane Burning
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Unseen
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Fabric softener is the key to my sexiness
Worker & Parasite - Sound Advice
The Glycereens - Jane Street

rent strike?

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about a class action over housing, Sydney Uni workers on strike, and more.

Songs played
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Astroturf
Cull - The Band - I know you think im a .....
Tia Gostelo - Spring to life
Tawny Hawk - 27th Street
Cable Ties - Perfect Client
Radium Dolls - My Girl
Voiid - Free Kitten
Worker & Parasite - Sound Advice
Worker & Parasite - Manifest Destiny
Sleaford Mods ft Florence Shaw - Force 10 From Navarone

Links to what we talked about
Hundreds take the NT govt to court over inadequate housing
Visy workers can lousy wage offer
Biggest strike yet as Sydney Uni staff plan for escalating action
NSW rail unions bust through public sector pay gap

The revolution will not be televised

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the ABC strike, UWU's boycott of broccolini, evictions in Kashmir, and more.

Songs played
Worker & Parasite - Movement
Worker & Parasite - Realpolitik
Cull The Band - Burn in hell
Ben Gel - Not Just Another Riot
Worker & Parasite - Comfort is control
Worker & Parasite - Cease & Desist
Worker & Parasite - Crisis
Voiid - Free Kitten
Sleaford Mods ft Florence Shaw - Force 10 Navarone
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Unseen

Women Workers Power

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 7 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +1000

To mark Internatial Working Women's Day we bring you our annual Women Workers Power episode. Hosted by Genesis we embark on ambitious 2 hours of connecting and amplifying working women. We start with a chat with Em from the new Black Peoples Union. We are then joined by Penny from Qld Council of Unions, Lovisa from Young Workers Hub and Claudia fro Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees. We enjoyed a great chat with Ashleigh and Emma from the Qld Nurses and Midwives Union. Lastly we chat with Val and Dee from Respect Inc to give us an update on the Decrim campaign and a general chat about the challenges Sex Workers face.

Songs played
Barkaa - For my Tittas
Tia Gostello - Spring to life
Kesha - Woman
L7 - Shitlist
VOIID - Free Kitten
Cable Ties - Perfect Client

UQ Strike!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +1000

We give a comprehensive update on the Deebing Creek Justice - Jarjumbah Protection Site Campaign and their success in Ipswich last week. We also play an interview with members of the NTEU UQ Branch Annie Pohlman, Kate Warner, and Lachie, where we talk about the strike at UQ last Wednesday, what they're fighting for, and how they're fighting for it. We also play an interview with the UQ Union VP of student rights, Ryley Calvert, about how students are supporting the strike.

Songs played
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Astroturf
Backhand - Are the chains really off
Goanna ft William Barton, Moss, Tasman Keith - Solid Rock
The Hibernators - Always
Last Quokka - Eat the rich
Radium Dolls - My Girld
Cable Ties - Perfect Client
Worker & Parasite - Movement

It continues

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the continuing stolen generations, the continuing police repression of revolutionaries, and the continuing resistance to cop city, and more.

Songs played
Sleaford Mods ft Florence Shaw - Force 10 from navarone
Worker & Parasite - Movement
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Work This Time
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Backhand - Are the chains really off
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife
Goanne ft Moss, William Barton, Tasman Keith - Solid Rock
Cable Ties - Perfect Client
Voiid - Kitten
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Slow Jam 1
Damien - Empty

Valentine's day

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about Goanna's new collab, shitty behaviour from Civmec, the national protests in France, and more.

Songs played
Baker Boy - Move
Barkaa - King Brown
Goanna ft. William Barton, Moss, Tasman Keith - Solid Rock
Ball Park Music - Exactly How You Are
Muse - Resistance
Alex The Astronaut - I Think You're Great
Zzade - Triple Diamond Status
Regurgitator - Fat Cop
When Our Turn Comes - Bring Back the Green Bans
San Cisco - Too Much Time Together
Emily Wurramurra - Black Boy
Richard Cheese - Careless Whisper

Links to what we talked about
Same issues, new era: First Nations artists join Goanna to reimagine iconic song Solid Rock
Swipe systems on toilets
RLPA negotiate for pregnancy leave
National Day Of Protests in France
RAFFWU Rallies for workers rights

Last week part 2

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 7 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about Mantle group facing consequences, stop cop city again, the UK general strike, and more.

Australia is racist

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the alcohol ban in the NT, more Mantle Group grubbery, Stop Cop City, and more.

Songs played
Television - Marquee Moon
Marrugeku - This is Australia
Last Quokka - Eat the rich
Doggie Heaven - Haircut
People Mover - Not
Jon Spencer and The Hitmakers - Push Comes to Shove
Pinch Points - Copper
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - So Fucked
Plan Z - Never Meet Anyone Like You
PhD - Fresh Bruises
Tawny Hawk - 27th Street
Full Flower Moon Band - You know the Mayor

The Disgruntled Taxpayers

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we interviewed Jake from local band The Disgruntled Taxpayers about their new album I Do Everything Better When I'm Really Smashed.

Songs played
Wilco - Theologians
Marrugeku - This is Australia
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - I do everything better when im really smashed
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - So Fucked
Tawny Hawk - 27th Street
Last Quokka - Eat the rich
Pinch Points - Reasons to be anxious
Plan Z - Never Meet anyone like you
Cull - The Band - Burn in hell
Platonic Sex - Devil's Advocate
Hope D - Senseless
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - AHHHH
Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier

big news

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +1000

big news (not really, its a fairly regular episode)

Songs played
Billy Bragg - There is power union
Marrugeku - This is Australia
Plan Z - When you dont give a f**l
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - So F**ked
Dobby ft Barrka - I cant breathe
Teen Jesus and the Jeanteasers - AHHHH!
Krave - Midnight
Last Quokka - Eat the rich
Jon Spencer and the Hitmakers - Push comes to shove
Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass
Arse - NRVSNRG
PhD - Fresh Bruises
People Mover - Not
Doggie Heaven - Berghain
Smashing Pumpkins - Today

The bidet episode

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the campaign to stop logging in Bulga State Forest, and much more.

Songs played
At The Drive In - Invalid Litter Dept
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - I do everything better when I am smashed
Cull - The Band - Burn in hell
Krave - Midnight
Platonic Sex - Disappoint Another
Life Without Buildings - PS Exclusive
Teen Jesus and the jean teasers - AHHHH!
Jon Spencer and the hit makers - Push comes to shove
One More Billy - Loose Lips
Plan Z - When you dont give a f**k
The Scientists - Swampland
Doggie Heaven - Haircut
The Pinstripes - Blue Rectangle
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - So F**ked

happy new year

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 3 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +1000

Happy new year

Songs played
Stan - Pity
Electric Six - Gay Bar
Tia Gostello - Say it to my face
Krave - Midnight
Plan Z - Never meet anyone like you
Tool - Sober
Dropkick Murphys - Workers Song
Last Quokka - Eat the rich
Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty
Platonic Sex - Disappoint Another
Doggie Heaven - Berghain
Selve - Somebody is watching me

2022 recap part 2

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we continue recapping what we talked about in 2022.

Songs played
The Special - A message for Rudy
King Stingray - Milkuman
Thelma Plum - The Brown Snake
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - AHHHH!
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Mary Winchester Blue
Voiid - Lexapro
Jon Spencer and the Hitmakes - Push comes to shove
Radium Dolls - Shame
The Rockerfeller Frequency - Translations
WAAX - Read Reciepts
Worker & Parasite - Econ Sopro
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

2022 recap part 1

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we start recapping what we talked about this year on Workers Power.

Songs played
WAAX - Dangerous
Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia
Hoodoo Gurus - World of pain
Pinch Points - Copper
Full Flower Moon Band` - Trainspotting
King Stingray - Camp Dog
Damien - 2 out of 10
Sweater Curse - Economising on cabs
Last Quokka - Cue
Benji - Murphy Street
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

The government works for the bosses

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 6 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about police racism, massive nurse strikes and the government response, the US government intervening to protect bosses, and more.

Songs played
Platonic Sex - Disappoint Another
Cull - The Band - I know you think i'm a c**t
Last Quokka - Eat The Rich
Plan Z - Never meet anyone like you
Full Flower Moon Band - Power
Doggie Heaven - Haircut
Voiid - And So Two
Delivery - Baader Meinhor
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Hello Mick - AFULE, Goodbye Cal

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +1000

We have an action packed episode this week. Cal gives us his goodbye as well as a rundown on the Toondah Harbour struggle. Of course if Last Quokka has a new song we will have them on. And the title just suits or show to boot. Eat The Rich. In our second hour we chat with Mick from AFULE about members standing up and fighting back for each other. And we get to mention our favourite word. Backpay

Songs played
Doggie Heaven - Berghain
Cull - The Band - Spittin The Dummy
Last Quokka - Eat the rickh
Plan Z - When you dont give a f**k
Gut Health - Inner Norm
REM - Driver 8
People Mover - Not
The Pinstripes - Blue Rectangle
Voiid - And So Too
Full Flower Moon Band - Power
Dicklord - C U Next Tuestday

Tug boat workers locked out

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week tug boat workers have been locked out, pinning the huge financial bottleneck that are our docks.

Songs played
Every you, every me - Placebo
Ethan Enoch - Voice
The Pinstripes - Blue Rectangle
Doggie Heaven - Haircut
Full Flower Moon Band - Power
Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers - Push Comes To Shove
Plan Z - When you dont give a fuck
People Mover - Not
Platonic Sex - Exhausted Competing For You
Phil Monsour - One More Day Than Them
Gut Health - Inner Norm
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Save the BOOT

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +1000

On tomorrow's episode we focus in on the BOOT. What is that crazy acronym? We give a run down on the BOOT, why it is under threat and why it is worth saving.

Songs played
Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers - Push Comes To Shove
Gut Health - Inner Norm
Ethan Enoch - Voice
Full Flower Moon Band - Power
Doggie Heaven - Berghain
Hope D - Senseless
The Rockefeller Frequency - Karma Town
Platonic Sex - Exhausted Competing For You
Radium Dolls - Tractor Parts
DickLord - C U Next Tuesday

Circlegate

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 8 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +1000

On this week's episode we delve into #circlegate as we explore the issues women face at gigs. As important as this is for us and our community at 4ZZZ we should not lose sight (and listen) that it is class struggle that will truly free women.

Songs played
Plan Z - When you dont give a f**k
Doggie Heaven - Berghain
Mitch, Please - Polygon Pit
Fear Factory - Back The F**k Up
IDLES - I'm Scum
Sleaford Mods - ust like we do
Hope D - Senseless
The Immaculate Crows - Business Girl
Voiid - Lexapro
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

We're not going to take it

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 1 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +1000

Content Warning: Descriptions of violence

This week we talk about the tragic destruction of country at Deebing Creek, the no vote by Apple workers to the bum deal proposed by Apple, paid DV leave being enshrined into law, and much more.

Songs played
IDLES - Never Fight A Man With A Perm
Faith No More - We Care A Lot
Dee Kay - Time for some akshun
Full Flower Moon Band - Power
Hope D - Senseless
Dead Kennedys - Take this job and shove it
Jon Spencer and the Hitmakers - Get it right now
Plan Z - When you dont give a f**k
Platonic Sex - Exhausted Competing For You
The Rockerfeller Frequency - Karma Town
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Links to what we talked about
How to stand up for Cassius Turvey
Pigs assault First Nations man in custody
Deebing Creek
Apple workers vote NO
Knauf workers win!
Domestic violence leave enshrined into law
MUA takes stand against cargo from colonised Western Sahara
RAFFWU wins against Woolworths

Meeting of the minds

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +1000

For this week's episode we have an update on Apple workers industrial activity, we meet new Workers Power team member Callen Sorensen Karklis, we will chat about the Housing Summit Protest and we also take you to a rally and strike by National Tertiary Education Union - Qld Division.

Songs played
Devo - Working in a coalmine
Selve - Somebody's Watching Me
Full Flower Moon Band - Power
Blussh - Glamour
Plan Z - When you don't give a F**k
Selve - Ghostbusters
Platonic Sex - Exhausted Competing For You
Radium Dolls - Tractor Parts
The Clash - Spanish Bombs

Apple strike!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk all about the historic action being taken by Apple Workers. Bill couldn't join us as he was be on the grass with workers at the Apple Store but he phoned in to give us an update.

Songs played
Briggs ft. Hilltop Hoods - Since Forever
Grandson - Dirty
Never Shout Never - this shit getz old
Butterfingers - I Love Work
Bibiana V - Remember
The Melancholiac - Stop Right There
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Tom Morello and k. flay - Lucky One
King Stingray - Camp Dog
Goldfinger - Get What I Need
Hightime - Quit Ya Job
Dubioza Kolektiv - Take My Job Away
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
Girl and Girl - Dance Now

We will be heard

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Ollie from SEQUR, the South East Queensland Union of Renters, about their upcoming protest against the so-called "Housing Summit" organised by the government to address the housing crisis, a conference where REIQ (the landlord union), the Master Builders Association, and the Premier (landlord), Deputy Premier (landlord) and Housing Minister (landlord) will all come together to discuss “solutions”.

In our second hour we talk to Party Representative N6326 about the upcoming gig featuring Worker & Parasite at The Bearded Lady.

Songs played
Life without buildings - New Town
The Black Assassins - Multinational Corporate Lifestyle
Plan Z - When you dont give a f**k
Blussh - Glamour
King Stingray - Camp Dog
Jon Spencer and the Hitmakers - Rotting Money
Adele and the Chandeliers - Up there for thinking
Worker & Parasite - Apolitical
We set sail - I sucked a lot of cock to get where I am
Platonic Sex - Exhausted Competing For You
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Disrupt Land Forces!!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 4 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we cross live to the Disrupt Land Forces occupation to hear about how people are fighting back against the tools of war being sold in our very own city, we talk to First Nations people Cindy Roberts and Uncle Ned, who were participating in the occupation about why they were there.

Also in this episode, Bill talks to Workers Power regular Katherine Wilkes from the Stop the Cashless Welfare Card campaign about their victory following the recent announcement from parliament.

Songs played
Platonic Sex - Exhausted Competing For You
The Black Assasins - Multinational Corporate Lifestyle
The Rockerfeller Frequency - Karma Town
The Double Happiness - Footprints in the Dark
The Dog Trackers - Pow Slap
Jon Spencer and the Hitmakers - Rotting Money
Worker & Parasite - The Silent Majority
Toxic Garden Gnomes - Far Q
June Jones - My Crew
Girl and Girl - Sex on the internet
Full Flower Moon Band - Power
Adele and the chandeliers - Up there for thinking
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

bloody fossil fuels

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about some fantastic victories for First Nations people against fossil fuel corporations, some exciting dissent within the ranks in the NSWNMA, the escalating strike wave in the UK, and more.

Songs played
The Tea Party - The Majestic Song
Brisbane Blacks - Brisbane Blacks
Family Shoveller Band - Wyirrt Wyirrt (Food of the country)
Jon Spencer and the Hitmakers - Strike 3
June Jones - Motorcycle
Worker & Parasite - The Silent Majority
Girl and Girl - Sex on the internet
Full Flower Moon Band - Power
The Yean Nahs - Stupid Sexy Flanders
Adele & The Chandeliers - Up there for thinking
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

boutta throw hands fr

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the police being racist (we r shocked fr), the RTBU's planned opal shutdown and the governments response, and more.

Songs played
Damien - Nowhere
King Stingray - Lets Go
Pavement - Stereo
Adele & The Chandeliers - Up there for thinking
Blussh - Blue
Dobby - I cant breathe
Worker & Parasite - The Silent Majority
Girl and Girl - Doctor Marten
Full Flower Moon Band - Karma Town
The Rockerfeller Frequency - Karma Town
Molly Rocket - Methany
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesda

I hope she's burning in hell

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about a First Nations perspective on the Queen's death, the national childcare workers strike, nurses taking strike action both here and overseas, and more.

Songs played
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Last Quokka - Colony
Phil Monsour - What Will Our Children Do
A.B. Original - King Billy Cokebottle
Thelma Plum - When It Rains It Pours
DAMIEN - Love Anarchy
BLUSSH - Fuck it up
Worker & Parasite - The Silent Majority
Serial Killer Dinner Party - Bleed Me Out
Caravan - Broke Too Many Hearts
EAT CITY - True Blue Vegan
Phil Monsour - Solidarity Forever
Lackadaisies - The Comeback
Selve - The Pink Hotel
Suburbiasuburbia - Bad Day Loser

Politics

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 6 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we give a listen to the entirety of Worker & Parasite's new EP 'Politics'. We also listen to Bill rant about the Jobs Summit and the proposed weakening of the BOOT test.

Songs played
The Rockefeller Frequency - Karma Town
Worker & Parasite - The Silent Majority
Worker & Parasite - Econ Sopro
Worker & Parasite - Realpolitik
Worker & Parasite - Apolitical
Worker & Parasite - Resignation
Sycco - Jinx
The Mark of Cain - Retaliate
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Cross Town Collective - Brunswick and Ann
VOIID - Lexapro
Molly Rocket - Methany
Terra Pines - Green
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

Links to what we talked about
Inquest into the murder of Kumanjayi Walker begins
Sydney Airport workers win
Pfizer workers win
Early Childhood Education workers take national action
Strike wave in the UK as economic crisis worsens
APN games night 12 September

Teachers take action

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to NTEU state secretary Michael McNally about the industrial action being taken at UQ and other Queensland universities.

Songs played
J Shadow - Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
Thelma Plum - The Brown Snake
Molly Rocket - Methany
King Stingray - Milkumana
Reverend Hellfire & The Tapeloops - Fly
Full Flower Moon Band - High Together
Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
A.B. Original - King Billy Cokebottle
WAAX - Dangerous
The Chats - The Price Of Smokes
Worker & Parasite - Crisis Continues

Links to what we talked about
Legal challenge halts Santos drilling
First Nations people fight gas exploration on their country
QLD government tradies strike for pay increase
Train workers take strike action
Nurses strike again
Toilet paper manufacturers locked out in NZ
Mass protest in Argentina

Unionise the bookstores

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union about the campaign at Readings, where the boss is reneging on a promised wage increase.

Songs played
The Mark of Cain - LMA
AB Original - King Billy Cokebottle
Thelma Plum - The Brown Snake
King Stingray - Hey Wanhaka
Voiid - Lexapro
The Chats - The Price of Smokes
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Mary Winchester Blue
Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back
Waax - Whoever
Worker & Parasite - Crisis Continues

Class action? what, like a strike?

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about a big win for public housing residents in the remote NT, another upcoming nurses strike, a tea workers strike in Bangladesh, and more.

Songs played
chloe moriondo - Rly Don't Care
Mudhoney - Hate the Police
Ball Park Music - I Feel Nothing
Thelma Plum - The Brown Snake
King Stingray - Milkumana
Full Flower Moon Band - You Know The Mayor
Full Flower Moon Band - Hurt Nobody
At the Drive-In - Invalid Litter Dept.
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Mary Winchester Blue
Lackadaisies - Clusterfuck
Worker & Parasite - Crisis Continues

Radiothon!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 9 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the fight to stop an Indigenous community centre closing, a truckers convoy to Canberra, and more. But mostly we talk about why you should subscribe to 4ZZZ, and Bill tells a story in the spirit of this year's Radiothon theme, Adventurous Ears.

Songs played
Estradasphere - King Crab Battle
King Stingray - Let's Go
Grace Jones - This Is Life
Talk Heavy - I Wanna Skate Again
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Blues X Man
Kate Turner Overdrive - Mary Winchester Blue
The Chats - I've Been Drunk in Every Pub in Brisbane
Lucy Korts - Gone
Damien - 2 Out Of 10
TAWNY HAWK - Tawny Hawk
Terra Pines - Indoor Kid
Worker & Parasite - Crisis Continues

Bring it on fuckers

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 2 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Workers Power regular Jayden from Anti-Poverty Network QLD about what we know so far about the new Workforce Australia system and how we can deal with it.

Songs played
Archie Roach - Little By Little
The Steele Syndicate - One Beer
Archie Roach - Rally Round The Drum
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Mary Winchester Blue
Radium Dolls - Shame
The Rockefeller Frequency - Translations
Suburbiasuburbia - SHAKEDOWN
Terra Pines - Pinos Altos
You & The Night - Western Window
Lackadaisies - The Comeback

Fuck the Mantle Group

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we spoke with Martin from Young Workers Hub about their campaign against the Mantle Group.

Songs played
Wilco - Hummingbird
Selve - The Pink Hotel
Eggy - A Toast to Good Health
Platonic Sex - Devils Advocate
Bugs - Old Youth Feeling
Screamfeeder - Don't Get Me Started
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Suburbiasuburbia - SHAKEDOWN
Jello Biafra - Plethysmograph
Radium Dolls - Shame
DOBBY & Barkaa - I Can't Breathe
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Mary Winchester Blue
New Fridge - Australia's Just a Suburb of the USA

Nurses fighting back

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the end of the NT intervention, nurses taking action in three different states, and update on the uprising in Sri Lanka, and more.

Songs played
Interpol - Obstacle 1
Cuckoo Coco - Checked Box
Selve - The Pink Hotel
WAAX - Read Receipts
Smoking Martha - Liquid Sunshine
Alinta - Red
King Stingray - Let's Go
New Fridge - Australia's Just a Suburb of the USA
Full Flower Moon Band - NY - LA
Platonic Sex - Devils Advocate
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - AHHHH!

Go on strike, burn down the prime minister's house

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about some big union wins, and some big cases of union criminalisation, we also have an update from the rail strikes in the UK, and we talk about the siege of the parliamentary palace in Sri Lanka.

Songs played
Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead
Cuckoo Coco - L2F
The Rockefeller Frequency - Translations
Smoking Martha - I Tried
Worker & Parasite - Econ Sopro
Annoying Neighbours - Chicken Joe
Selve - The Devils in the Details
Platonic Sex - Devils Advocate
Sweater Curse - Caught Up
WAAX - Read Receipts

Links to what we talked about
NT Court halts work amid claims of sacred sites damage
Better Read Than Dead workers enterprise agreement approved
CFMEU fined for striking
Court blocks road workers strike
TWU forces Uber into deal
UK rail drivers strike
Sri Lankans take over presidential palace

Songs of Working Life and Death

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 5 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +1000

his week we talk to Phil Monsour about his upcoming Songs of Working Life fundraiser to support the medevac refugees who have finally been released from detention. We also talked about Phil's trip to Chicago to visit the Labor Notes conference.

In our second hour we talk to Neil from the Brisbane Labour History Association to talk about their upcoming tour of the Dutton Park cemetary and its working class history. It will take place at the cemetary at 2pm on the 14th of August.

Rock, roll, and land rights

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talked to Shane Howard, lead vocalist of Goanna, about their music and their politics, along with some live music in the studio. Goanna is celebrating 40 years since the release of Spirit of Place with a tour across the continent, and are performing tonight at the Tivoli.

The concept of evictions is pretty fucked up

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have some interviews recorded at the anti-eviction blockade held by SEQUR and the greens.

So-called department of housing

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Workers Power regular Andrew from the South East Queenland Union of Renters about their upcoming anti-eviction blockade.

The working class origins of Rugby League

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 7 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Greg from the Brisbane Labour History Association about the working class origins of Rugby League and how class struggle has shaped the sport over the years.

We're selling out

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 31 May 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talked to Greens MP Stephen Bates about his recent parliamentary victory and what he plans to do in the role.

The oncoming warm

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:00:00 +1000

looks like we didn't make a runsheet for this one, I could just listen to it but I can't be bothered.

How to craft TNT in Minecraft

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 17 May 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about a fight for prisoners' right to vote, the fair work commision working for the bosses, and teachers and rail workers in Sydney going on strike.

blood on the hands of the legislators

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 10 May 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Jade and Andy from the CFMEU about the aggression faced by their union from the ABCC.

Profit off poverty

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 3 May 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Workers Power regular Jayden from the Anti-Poverty Network about the campaign against the cashless welfare card. In the second hour we have a follow up interview with Virginia from the Brisbane Labour History Association about the history of the punk scene in Brisbane, with a focus on the late Chris Bailey of The Saints.

May Day Special!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Mon, 2 May 2022 10:00:00 +1000

We bring you on the ground at the Labour Day march this year as we listen to the union chants and talk to unionists and activists about Labour day and the labour movement. We also have Elle in the studio bringing you all the union classics.

Arouse, Organise, Mobilise

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about Deebing Creek facing eviction, three different strike actions from across the continent, and an update from the general strike in India.

Links to what we talked about
The Deebing Creek camp faces eviction
Aged care workers take step towards strike action
Sydney bus drivers on strike
NSW paramedics to go on strike
50 million join general strike in India
Regis aged care attempting to screw over workers

Dare to Struggle Film Festival

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +1000

On this week's episode Bill and Dan chat with Linn from Dare To Struggle Film Festival. They are also met with a connundrum for this week's Scallywag.

Songs played
Interpol - Toni
Disfigured Mistress - The depths of black hatred
King Stingray - Camp Dog
WAAX - Help me hell
Pinch Points - Copper
SuburbiaSuburbia - Bruce Hwy Elbow
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - Miss your birthday
Benjii - Choon
When our turn comes - Bring back the green bands
Barkaa feat. Electric Fields - Fight for me
sweater curse - Economising on cabs
Amyl and the Sniffers - Maggo

How environmentalists and unions fought to protect the reef

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Alison from the Brisbane Labour History Association about the fight in the 70s to protect the Great Barrier Reef from mining. This fight was an early example of solidarity between environmental groups and unions, as well as unions taking industrial action to protect the environment.

SEQUR wins!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 5 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about SEQUR's first victory! Hopefully paving the way for a strong renter's movement in SEQ. We share our celebration with our comrades across the sea, as the first Amazon union is formed, putting a crack in the giant's armour.

Links to what we talked about
First Nations youth start rock band
First Nations people fight destruction of sacred site
SEQUR wins against Little Real Estate
NSW Nurses went on strike again
QANTAS chooses profit over service
First Amazon union formed
Upcoming rally in support of refugees

Australia is a death machine

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about Blockade Australia's fantastic campaign at Port Botany, NSW Nurses going on strike again, a massive general strike in India, and more.

Workers Power Episode

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we bring you news about workers fighting back on this continent and around the world.

We'll dispossess you back - Revolutionary art with Trent from Last Quokka

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talked to Trent from Last Quokka, an anti-fascist punk band "from the most isolated city on the planet" about their music, their politics, and their (at the time) upcoming tour.

Songs played
REM - Driver 8
Beddy Rays - Milk
NWA - F*k da police
Dobby - I cant breathe
Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Unseen
Benjii - Murphy Street
Last Quokka - Cue
Plaster of Paris - Internalise
Last Quokka - Colony
Tape Off - Well Dressed
Rhino - DJW
Full flower moon band - Trainspotting

International Working Women's Day - Interview with Decrim QLD

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 8 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talked to Decrim QLD about the struggle to decriminalise sex work in Queensland and the problems facing sex workers in the current system.

Women fighting back - the history of the PMG telephonist's union

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 1 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Jeff Rickertt from the Brisbane Labour History Association. In the leadup to International Working Women's Day we talked about the campaigns of the telephonists' union in the 1970s and 80s. Telephonists were the workers, mostly women, who operated the manual telephone exchanges across Australia for the Postmaster General's Department (PMG), the largest of all Commonwealth departments in its day. In the 1980s the telecommunications division of PMG became Telecom and was then privatised and renamed Telstra.

Until their jobs were destroyed by automation, the telephonists comprised one of the largest groups of women workers in Australia, and in the 1970s and early 1980s they and their union, the Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers Association, emerged as one of the most militant public service unions in the country. Here in Meanjin they waged some truly amazing battles that really rattled the bosses.

Why is it so? - A history of the early Brisbane punk scene

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Virginia Clarke from the Brisbane Labour History Association. Virginia Clarke has had a lifetime of rank-and-file activism in unions and the Labor Party. In the late 70s and early 80s Virginia was also involved in the Brisbane punk scene, which, like the punk explosion the world over, was a movement of working class youth. In Brisbane, the punk scene displayed a particularly sharp edge due to Queensland's cultural and political conservatism and the behaviour of the cops who were notorious for meting out 'special treatment' to punks, First Nations people and anyone who publicly expressed dissent. During this turbulent time Virginia found herself enrolled in a degree at UQ, where she found the middle class culture of higher education and student life alienating. For working class students like Virginia, punk identity became a source of strength and up-yours confidence.

Songs played
Beddy Rays - Milk
Ball Park Music - Rich People Are Stupid
grandson - Dirty
Dawn Daylight - Culture
Last Quokka - Justice / System
Cuckoo Coco - G Floor
The Saints - I'm Stranded
RAT BOY - I WANNA SKATE
Racerage ft. Sass Hound - Eat The Rich
m8riarchy - Never Drop
Bonsai Bay - Faulted On The Line
Hommus Idol - Claim The Seat
Baker Boy - Mr La Di Da Di
I Think I've Had an Apostrophe - just say nay

Links to what we talked about
NT Traditional Owners fight water-wasting agriculture project
First Nations person dies due to racism in the health system
NSW government shuts down rail system and blames the RTBU
TWU wins for Amazon Flex workers
South Korean workers go on strike

Nurses take illegal strike action!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the nurses strike in NSW, the decriminalisation of sex work in Victoria, Black Lives Matter protests in the US, and more.

Songs played
Grandson - Dirty
Full Flower Moon Band - Trainspotting
Cage The Elephant - In One Ear
Impossible Odds - Fireproof
Last Quokka - Cue
Nevershoutnever - This Shit Getz Old
Bad Pharmer - Bottle of Beer
Wurst Nurse - Straight Outta Bedpans
Hommus Idol - I Gone Done It
Cuckoo Coco - Generic Pop Song
Masochist - Push Back
Minor Premiers - Here Comes The Rain
Barkaa - King Brown
Queerbait - Rolled Eyes
RHINO - DJW
Scraps - Hot Sauce

We can't afford to live in the city we're building

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the MUA winning against Patrick Terminals, a call to release prisoners to save them from covid, nurses protesting the strain being put on hospitals, and more.

Songs played
Bonsai Bay - Faulted On The Line
JPEGMAFIA - Polly
Erin Foster - Lovely
Barkaa - For My Tittas
Slow Pulp - In Too Deep
Mini Skirt - Dying Majority
Sleaford Mods - Jobseeker
RADICALS - falling faster slowly
Escape From Toytown - Fish And Chip Bitch From Ipswich
∑gg√e|n - Are You Recording This You Bastards
AURORA - Temporary High
Billy Bragg - The Price of Oil
RAT BOY - I WANNA SKATE
Phil Monsour - Solidarity Forever

Don't let your guard down

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 1 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the Invasion Day rallies in Sydney and Melbourne, we give an update from the teachers in SA who voted to go on strike last week, an update from the Krogers strike in the US, and more.

Songs played
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Prisoners Of Rock 'n' Roll
Bonsai Bay - Faulted On The Line
Cuckoo Coco - Generic Pop Song
∑gg√e|n - Are You Recording This You Bastards
Bad Pharmer - Bottle of Beer
Boing Boing - Go The Mongrel
Amy Elise - Such a Shame
Chelsea Manor - Round The Twist
The Blockades - Platonic
Scraps - Hot Sauce
Last Quokka - Cue
Miiesha - Damaged
Garlic Nun - Stick On Tic
Queerbait - Rolled Eyes

When bosses act like pigs, prepare to be slaughtered

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the First Nations flag being freed from copyright, the CPSU beginning a campaign to improve the services they provide, Kroger's workers in the US going on strike, and more.

Songs played

Sunbus drivers on strike!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we chat with Jarrod Abbot from TWU about Sunbus workers out on the grass to force Sunbus back to the negotiating table with a fair deal.

Songs played
Bad Pharmer - Bottle of Beer
Tia Gostello ft Sahar Beck and Hope D - Valley Nights
Chelsea Manor - Round the twist
Rat Boy - I Wanna Skate
Queerbait - Rolled Eyes
Rhino - DJW
Last Quokka - Cue
Stoker - Meltdown
The Goths - Wilderness
Whalehouse - The Goths
Tawny Hawk - Take out ya bins

Revolutionary QLD - The history of the Red North

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Neil Frost from the Brisbane Labour History Association about the Red North, that rebellious period of North Queensland history which began in the 1920s and culminated in the election of Communist Fred Paterson to the Queensland Parliament as the Member for Bowen. In those years the North was known as a centre of radicalism, with militant strikes, campaigns against fascism, movements of the unemployed and the growth of the Communist Party.

Songs played
Blues Arcadia - Follow The Leader
Chelsea Manor - Round The Twist
The Buzzing Towers - Pick Your Cut
The Jam - That's Entertainment
The Jam - Start!
IDLES - The Wheel
Amy Elise - Such a Shame
Miiesha - Damaged
Stoker - Meltdown
RHINO - DJW
Queerbait - Rolled Eyes

nothing new from scomo

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 4 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +1000

This week is pretty light on news but heavy on music, we talk about First Nations people winning a legal case against work for the dole, refugees in Naarm protesting their imprisonment, Starbucks workers in the US forming unions, and more.

Songs played
Tia Gosterlow ft Sahara Beck and Hope D - Valley Nights
Tawny Hawk - Its just a job
Sleaford Mods - Jobseeker
Six Ft Hick - Nervous Ticks
∑gg√e|n - Marshalls Portable Music Machine
∑gg√e|n - Short Back and Sides
Bad Pharmer - Bottle of beer
Skirmisher - Bastard Cop
Skirmisher - Shooting up in parliament house
Dicklord - Rotten
Stoker - Meltdown
Chelsea Manor - Round the twist
Andy Paine - Dont kill people
Blink-182 - Whats my age again?
Blues Arcadia - Follow the leader
Slumlawd - Withdrawn Failure
Tawny Hawk - Take out ya bins
Terra Pines - Downbeat
Whalehouse - Plant Power

The 2021 Workers Power recap part 2

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we take a trip through the past year of workers struggle, talking about everything that happened and how it all turned out.

The 2021 Workers Power recap part 1

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we take a trip through the past year of workers struggle, talking about everything that happened and how it all turned out.

SEQUR's first campaign and the anti-anti-vaxxers

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Iswed from SEQUR and CARF about SEQUR's ongoing campaign against Little Real Estate, who left one of SEQUR's members without a working bathroom for months. We also talk about the work CARF does to counter the anti-vax movement.

Songs played
WHALEHOUSES - lime Time
Barkaa - Our Lives Matter
Worker & Parasite - Crisis
We Are The Union - I'm Working Retail For Christmas
Black Assassin - Multinational Corporate Lifestyle
When Our Turn Comes - Break the Rules
Baker Boy - Survive
Tom Morello ft. Grandson - Hold The Line
Boomdaddy - Funky Santa
Mid Youth Crisis - Happiness & Authority
RAT BOY - I WANNA SKATE
Dicklord - Kill
Dubioza Kolektiv - Don't Stop
Spiderbait - Glockenpop

Save Our Bowlo and the history of the IWW in Queensland

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 7 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Robyn from Save Our Bowlo about the campaign to stop the destruction of the East Brisbane Bowls Club, a community and arts centre which the council has deemed "underused and unnattractive". We also talk to Jeff from the Brisbane Labour History Association, about the history of the revoltionary union, the IWW, and the union organising it did in Queensland (starts at 1:00:50).

Organising in construction

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talked to Andy, organiser with the CFMEU, about the work he does in the construction industry to fight for workers' rights.

Songs played
Placebo - Every you every me
IDLES - The new sensation
Miiesha - Damaged
Faith no more - We care a lot
Suburbia Suburbia - Swifty goes to the shops
Whalehouse - Cheato doreeto
Ovlov - Eat more
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Blues X Man
Blues arcadia - Follow the leader
Dicklord - Rotten
KRUNJ - What's next?
Terra Pines - Harp on
Nice Biscuit - Round and Round
Flangipanis - You dont have to be a c*nt

Links to what we talked about
First Nations people with Native Title determination
RMIT employees get backpay
Geelong Library workers win
Teacher shortages due to bad working conditions
Teachers to defy order to scrap strike
Woolies workers in NZ win

A good day for a strike, comrades

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week it's win after win, spit hoods are banned in SA, SEQUR shut down Little Real Estate for the day, Country Road were cowed by the strike, Modi was cowed by the farmers' blockade, and that's not even all of them.

Songs played

Young Workers Hub

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Shae from Young Workers Hub to talk about the work they do supporting young workers to assert their rights in the workplace.

Songs played

Australia is a racist country

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 9 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about a First Nations person taking action to stop climate change, the government's program to prevent immigrant workers from running away from the plantations, the Sudanese people's ongoing revolution, and much more.

Songs played
Sleaford Mods - Jobseeker
Death - Politicians in my eyes
Isolation - Abuse of power
Rockerfeller Frequency - Race to the bottom
WAAX - Most hated girl
Amy Eliyse - Such a shame
Suburbiasurburbia - Swifty goes to the shops
Damien - Human
Flangipanis - Asshole Aunt
Smoking Martha - Liquid Sunshine
Charka Efendi - SUV
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

The Proletarian Review

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 2 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Duncan Hart from Socialist Alternative about his research into The Proletarian Review, a communist publication from the 1920s in Melbourne. In our second half Duncan stays on and Iswedd from Anarchist Communists Meanjin joins us to talk about an upcoming counter-protest to the anti-vax movement.

Songs played
Billy Brag - There is power in a union
Private Function - King of the mountain
Isolation - Abuse of power
Wildheart - Backburner
Cable ties - Tell them where to go
Dicklord - Rotten
Pookie - Flick
Private Function - I wish australia had its guns again
Flangipanis - Good little taxpayer
The strokes - Is this it
Slumlawwd - Our Kylie
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Links to what we talked about
The Proletarian Review on Reason in Revolt
Campagin Against Racism and Fascism Brisbane
Police assault First Nations people at Djaki Kundu
Federal government proposes voter ID laws

The lucky country

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the police removing Kabi people from Djaki Kundu, the terrible conditions faced by immigrant workers in Australia, a huge strike against government repression in Korea, and much more.

Songs played
Machine Gun Fellatio - Rollercoaster
Haus Kat ft Leelow - Maladambun
Mod Con - I saw a rat
Terra Pines - Downbeat
Dicklord - Rotten
Slumlawwd - Slum City
Tia Gostello feat Sahara Beck & Hope D - Valley Nights
Damien - Love Myself
Tawny Hawk - Take out ya bins
Flangipanis - Good little taxpayer
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Protecting our homes

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Diane, who is a guardian of Djaki Kundu, about the battle of the Kabi People against the Department of Transport and Main Roads to prevent the destruction of their sacred site. In the second hour we talk to Sian from SEQUR, the South East Queenland Union of Renters, about the organisation and its fight for housing.

Songs played
Warumpi Band - Blackfellah/Whitefellah
Tay Oskee ft Tia Gostelow - Bloodrush
Baker Boy - Meditjin
Skirmesher - Bastard Cop
Benjii - Undertow
COFFIN - White Dog
Skirmisher - Shooting up in parliament house
Dicklord - Rotten
Damien - Human
Tawny Hawk - Its just a job
Terra Pines - Downbeat
Chakra Efendi - SUV
Skirmisher - Forestry Act
The Flangipanis - You dont have to be a c**t

If You Do Not Strike Now, You Will Hate Yourself Later

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about another First Nations person dying in custody, the rail strike down in so-called Sydney, 160,000 metalworkers going on strike in South Africa, and more.

Songs played
Apparitions - Atlas
Tay Oskee ft. Tia Gostelow - Blood Rush
Benjii - Undertow
Encore - Baccy Cones & Fendi
WAAX - Most Hated Girl
New Fridge - Adani
Stone
Smoking Martha - Liquid Sunshine
Rude Rum - Talk
Flangipanis - You Don't Have To Be a Cunt

Links to what we talked about
Kabi Dreaming update
Death in custody in Toowoomba
Victory for BSH workers
Teachers vote to strike
RTBU goes on strike
160,000 South African metalworkers on strike
US Kelloggs workers on strike
Support Kelloggs strike

The anti-vax movement, the unions, and fascism - an anarchist and historical analysis

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 5 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have two interviews, in our first hour we talk to Tommy from Geelong Anarchist Communists, and Iswedd from Anarchist Communists Meanjin, about the anti-vax protests in Naarm, especially their relation to the CFMEU and unions in general. In our second hour we talk to Jeff from the BLHA about the history of fascism in Australia, especially the New Guard, and it's relation to the fascist influence on the anti-vax protests today.

Songs played

Do you hate work or do you hate doing work that you have no control over or stake in?

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about spit hoods being banned in SA, a rail strike in Sydney, the MUA speaking out against the war-mongering of the government, and more.

Songs played
Death - Politician in my eyes
Deekay - Choices
Encore - Baccy cones & Fendi
Tawny Hawk - It's just a job
Mini Skirt - Dying Majority
Sixfthick - Flight of the sh*tbird
Waakx- Most hated girl
Rude Rum - Talk
Slumlawwd - Withdrawn Failure
Smoking Martha - Liquid Sunshine
Pavement - Stereo
The Clash - Know your rights

Links to what we talked about
Kabi Dreaming call to action
Indigenous prisoner sues for mistreatment
Campaigners win spit hood ban in SA
Startrack drivers strike
BSH workers locked out
MUA anti-war statement
ETU anti-submarine statement
Boral workers take industrial action
Coca-cola workers win
Californian garbage truck drivers win

Education going down the gilded toilet

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talked to Kate from the NTEU and NTEU Fightback about their campaign for better work conditions at QUT. This includes fighting against increased casualisation of employment, for better job security, and against the unpaid use of recordings of fired staff.

Songs played
Tawny Hawk - Tawny Hawk
Last Quokka - Privilege
Baker Boy ft. Dallas Woods - Black Magic
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks - No Woman Left Behind
Encore - Barry Cones & Fendi
Paulina - Parasite
When Out Turn Comes - Bring Back the Green Bans
The Rockefeller Frequency - Race To The Bottom
Smoking Martha - Liquid Sunshine
hanoi traffic - goodbye crocodile (i'll see you in a while)
The Rockefeller Frequency - The Life & Times Of John Turturro
lou lou - Positive Outlooks for the Apocalypse

Sex Worker Pride

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Lulu and Niki from DecrimQLD about the work they do to decriminalise sex work and allow workers to use basic safety practices. It was also Sex Worker Pride Day on Tuesday so we talked about the destigmatisation of sex work and sex workers having pride in their work and the rights they have won. Earlier in the show we also listen to a recording from the CFMEU rally last week against the mismanagement of the Cross River Rail project.

Songs played

Getting Equal - The first successful fight for equal wages for First Nations people in Australia

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 7 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we chat with Elisabeth and Tegan from the North Stradbroke Island Museum about the 'Aboriginal Gang' of the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum and their fight for equal wages. In 1944, after a 25 year campaign, Aboriginal workers at the asylum gained equal wages, almost 20 years before anywhere else in Australia. Later in the show we are joined by Jeff from the Brisbane Labour History Association who brings us up to date on their activities.

Songs played
Vestiges - Hiding
Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra - Last time i checcd
Sycco - Dribble
Horse Macgyer - Flip
Shady Nasty - Roll1n H1llz
No fixed address - Black mans rights
Tawny Hawk - It's just a job
Some Jerk - Oh no
Voiid - Shave It
Whalehouse - Sexy Whale Beach Party
Dicklord - PMA
Worker & Parasite - Manifest Destiny
The Flangipanis - You dont have to be a c**t

Getting the band back together

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have everyone back in the studio to talk about the campaign by Wangan and Jagalingou people against Adani, the truck driver's strike at Toll, the victory for DecrimQLD, and more.

Songs played
00_ - Off set its so noir
Dee Kay - Time for sum akshun
Boomalli ft Hazy - F**k the system
Some Jerks - Oh No
Dicklord - PMA
Trees - Shifting Sands
Tawny Hawk - It's just a job
La Fett's - New Abuse
The Cassingles - Sniggerette
The Flangipanis - You dont have to be a c**t
Voiid - Shave It

Truck drivers strike!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about the over-policing of the NSW lockdown, Truck Drivers at Toll going on strike, a protest demanding we let in refugees from Afghanistan, and more.

Songs played
Damiien - Love Myself
Sycco - Best Before
Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra - Last time that i checcd
Some Jerks - Oh No
Damaged Goods Club - Sick Sad Girl
New Fridge - Adani
Black Dog Cat Band - Honey I aint seen much light
Space Baby - Parts Bagani
Worker & Parasite - Manifest Destiny
You dont have to be a c**t - Flangipanis

Links to what we talked about
Over-policing of the NSW lockdown
Overlapping health crises for First Nations people
KLC protests heritage bill
Truck drivers strike
RAFFWU tampons and pads campaign
Afghan visa protests
Parts Bagani tribute
LIFE First Nations alliance meeting

Victory for sex workers!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about sex workers winning decriminalisation in Victoria, teachers on strike in Queanbeyan, the Mater hospital strike in Meanjin, the Taliban taking power in Afghanistan, and more.

Songs played
Black Dog Cat Band - Honey I Ain't Seen Much Light
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak
Kee'Ahn - Better Things
Pillow Pro ft. Endless Prowl - Lucky
Sycco - Best Before
Barkaa - King Brown
The Rockefeller Frequency - The Life & Times of John Turturro
Slumlawwd - Withdrawn Failure
BRUX - Covet
Good Morning - Country
Elvis Presley - Just Because
Wasabi Barbie - Rent is a fuck
WAAX - FU
Voiid - Twin
Flangipanis - You Don't Have To Be a Cunt
Benjii - New Song

Dream, baby, dream of the future!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week it is 4ZZZ's annual subscriber drive Radiothon, and we have the theme Dream, Baby, Dream! On our show we take the opportunity to share our dreams for the future and one submitted by a listener. As always we have plenty of news of workers taking action and news from a workers perspective, such as the new IPCC report, a victory for the stolen generations, multiple health workers strikes, and Bunnings workers taking action.

If you want to help us keep our dream of independent radio alive for another 45 years, or win some cool prizes during Radiothon, you can subscribe at https://4zzz.org.au/support.

Songs played

destitution and disease

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 3 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +1000

A lockdown show this week with workers fighting for support through the Sydney lockdown, the TWU winning in court, an uprising in Iran, and more.

Songs played
The Mark of Cain - Lockdown
The Scientists - Make it go away
Barkaa - King Brown
Sycco - Best Before
Amy & The Sniffers - Guided by Angels
Dicklord - PMA
Coalfalls - Stone
Hummus Idol - Socks and Thongs
Homeless Yellow - Finest Day
Damaged Goods Club - Sick Sad Girl
The Rockerfeller Frequency - The Life and times of John Turturro
Last Quokka - Justice System

Strike in Meanjin!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +1000

No guest this week but there are strikes abound. ETU members at the Mater Hospital in South Brisbane are on strike to get paid the same as their counterparts in public hospitals, follow the campaign and get involved at the ETU website or their facebook page. We also talk about an update from the RAFFWU members striking at Better Read Than Dead, and strikes by the ETU again in WA, the AMWU in Tassie, and the TWU in NSW.

Songs played
Hoodoo Gurus - World of pain
Dobby ft Barkaa - I cant breathe
Barkaa - King Brown
Nerve ft JK47 - One in a million
Amyl and the sniffers - Guided by angels
Alice Skye - Everything is great
Coalfalls - From 621
The goon sax - In the stone
Last Quokka - Justice System
Full flower moon band - You know the mayor

Workers with Backbone

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Kim about the councils attempt the demolish community art space Backbone (formerly the East Brisbane Bowls Club), and the workers who are fighting back. We also talk about prisoners fighting back at home and overseas, and Hospo Voice taking "business union" to a whole new level.

Songs played
IDLES - Damaged Goods
Baker Boy ft G Flip - My Mind
Dobby - I can't breathe
The Scientists - Dissonance
Damien - Power
Hoodoo Gurus - World of pain
Loiter - Its not you its me
Propagand - Rivermouth
Full Flower Moon Band - You know the mayor
Plaster of Paris - Internalise
Fortitude Valley - Baby, Im afraid

Making some noise

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have no guest but we have news of First Nations workers fighting Adani, the city council threatening to demolish a community space, postal workers making a huge win, and another look at the fight against the dictatorship in Myanmar.

Songs played
In Real Life - Handcuff Season
Balairi - Migraine Mentality
Kaylah Truth - Wave
Rivermouth - Propaganda
Dande and The Lion - Higher Places
Space Baby - Fight Their Own Wars
Last Quokka - Colony
Some Jerks - Summertime Funtime
HEAVYWAX - Ain't No Turning Back
Muse - Uprising
Sacred Heart - Glamour Girls
Baker Boy feat. Dallas Woods - Black Magic
The Coup - The Guillotine
Sledgehammer - Can't Keep Flogging

It won't be long before the workers take over this joint! - A history of working class literature

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 6 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Allan Gardiner about the history of working class literature in so-called australia. We talk about Frank Hardy, Frank the poet, Bill Sutton, and about the the importance of our class's literature to the our class's struggles.

Songs played
Last Quokka - Justice_System
Benny Walker - Fragile
Full Flower Moon Band - You know the Mayor
Chloe & Jason Roweth - Moreton Bay
Loiter - Its Not You Its Me
Coalfalls - From 6-24
loulou - Depend on Me
Plaster of Paris - Internalise

our victories are beautiful moments in which we reclaim power over our own lives and celebrate another step towards the inevitable revolution

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk about many victorious workers' struggles such as First Nations people getting their land back, the success of the General Mills Strike, the defense of the Willow Grove green ban against scabs, and more.

Songs played
The Mark of Cain - Lockdown
Sycco - Times Up
Nerve ft JK47 - One in a million
Last Quokka - Justice_System
We are not robots - Form a circle, light a fire
Cassini - Fortitude Valley
loulou - Depend on me
Coalfalls - Stone
The Glycereens - In the zone
Plaster of Paris - Internalise
The Scientists - Outsider
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Where's my toilet roll?

Our victories are co-opted and distorted into systems of control

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have no guest but plenty of news, such as the suppression of First Nations votes in the NT, police targetting gig workers for unsafe practices, the government taking even more money from people on jobseeker, and the breaching of the Willow Grove green ban.

Songs played

We hold the whole system in our hands - First Nations and Childcare workers

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Emma, who is a First Nations person and early childcare worker. We talk about the problems faced by First Nations workers and children in these organisations and what workers can do to combat them. We also talk about the problems in the industry in general, such as profit-chasing at the expense of the quality of care of children in their most formative years.

Songs played
Coalfalls - Stone
Dancing Water - White Noise
DRMNGNOW - Australia does not exist
Fortitude Valley - Cassini
Last Quokka - Justice_System
We are not robots - Form a circle, light a fire
loulou - Depend on me
The Scientists - I wasnt good at picking friends
Big Scary - Get Out

An injury to one is an injury to all

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 8 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have no guest but we have plenty of workers action, such as three ongoing union struggles, a union victory, and an update on the civil war in Myanmar.

Songs played
Faith no more - We care a lot
Nerve ft JK47 - One in a million
Sycco - Times Up
Worker & Parasite - CRISIS
IDLES - War
Coalfalls - From 6 2 1
The Scientists - Outsider
Eyehategod - Agitation! Propaganda!
Last Quokka - Justice System
Loiter - Its not me its you
loulou - Depend on me
The Glycereens - The Zone

Radical Meanjin

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 1 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we crossed live to the Disrupt Land Forces protest outside the convention centre and talked to Sam Watson and Andy Paine who were taking part. We also talk to Deborah Jordan from the Brisbane Labour History Association about her upcoming walking tour of the movement for women's suffrage in Meanjin. It is taking place on the 12th of June at 10am, starting at the Resilience sculpture on the south corner of Albert and Turbot St.

Songs played
Life without buildings - New Town
Sycco - Times Up
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
IDLES - Damaged Goods
Last Quokka - Justice-System
Bruce Springsteen ft Tom Morello - Just like fire would
Bare-Beats - NBD
Coalfalls - Stone
Hommus Idol - Claim the seat
Andy Paine - Don't kill people

The union makes us strong

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 25 May 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have no guest but we have plenty of workers actions, including a victory for bakers at tip top, doctors fighting for the right to sleep, even more dockworkers fighting for Palestine, and more.

Songs played
The Scientists - Outsiders
Dobby - I Can't Breathe
Sycco - Times Up
Selve - Pink Hotel
Leftards - CCP
Bare Beats - NBD
Damien Johnson - Power
Big Scary - Get Out
Loiter - Its not you its me
The Glycereens - In the Zone
lou lou - Depend on me

Disrupt Land Forces!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 18 May 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Margie Pestorius from the Disrupt Land Forces campaign which aims to shut down the upcoming Land Forces expo that is happening here in Meanjin on 1-3 June. We also talk about how the weapons industry functions as a part of society, which gives us a foothold from which to stop it.

Songs played
The Veronicas - GODZILLA
Emily Wurramara - Black Smoke
The Ancient Bloods - ANCSTR
Bambu - Rent Money
CLYPSO - On Our Way
Mini Skirts - The Dying Majority
Ash in October - Sex Machine
Shock Friendly - Burst the Bubble
Billy Bragg - There Is Power In A Union
Sycco - My Ways
lou lou - Positive Outlooks for the Apocalypse
Benjii - New Song
Phil Monsour - Stand With Us

No war but class war

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 11 May 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have no guest but we have plenty of workers actions, including First Nations workers fighting back against QTMR and Adani, Hospital workers on strike against privatisation, a victory for West Papuans and the ensuing crackdown, and a discussion on the upcoming meeting to form a tenants union.

Songs played
Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
Dee Kay - Time For Sum Akshun
Baker Boy ft. Yirrmal - Ride
The Glycereens - In The Zone
Clipping - Blood of the Fang
Damien Johnson - Power
Panday Sining Music Collective Ft. Spaces Babies - MayDay
Big Scary - Get Out!
Its Not Me Its You - Loiter
Jesswar - Medusa
Last Quokka - Justice

The colourful history of May Day in Meanjin

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 4 May 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have Jeff Rickertt from the Brisbane Labour History Association on the show to talk about the history of May Day in Meanjin. We cover the origin of the event in the struggle for the Eight Hour Day, Meanjin's first Eight Hour Day commemoration, the international origins of May Day, May Day history as a story of the ALP versus the 'outsiders', and more.

Songs played
At the drive in - Arcarsenal
Warumpi Band - Blackfella Whitefella
Tia Gostelow - Psycho (Pihka is my name remix)
The Parameters - Pig City
The Clash - This is the Radio Clash
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Bare Beats - NBD
Billy Bragg - The Internationale
Loiter - Its not me its you
Toxic Bears - My Bad Influences

May Day special!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Mon, 3 May 2021 10:00:00 +1000

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As a very special episode and collaboration with Megaherzzz we are taking you to the May Day rally in Meanjin that happened today. We talk to the workers and find out what May Day means to them. Later on we have an interview with Katherine from No Cashless Debit Card and Jayden from APN. And then we go live to some speeches in Common House about the work that our comrades are doing to bring about liberation.

Songs played
Phil Monsour - Solidarity Forever
Butterfingers - I Love Work
Mixed - The Internationale
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Billy Bragg - There Is Power In Union
The Coup - Guillotine
Phil Monsour - Still Need A Union
Street Dogs - Up The Union
Dropkick Murphys - Worker's Song
Paul Kelly - From Little Things Big Things Grow
Christine Anu - A Change Is Gonna Come
Marianne Faithfull - Working Class Hero
Crass - Do They Owe Us a Living?
Coloured Stone - Australia
Darah - Australian History 101
Birdz - Black Lives Matter
Briggs ft. Thelma Plum - Go To War
Depeche Mode - Where's The Revolution?
Pete Seeger - Solidarity Forever
Phil Monsour - Stand With Us
The Style Council - Big Boss Groove
Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back
Screamfeeder - Walls Come Tumbling Down

Building power in the people - Anarchist Communists Meanjin

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Nat from Anarchist Communists Meanjin about who they are, what they do, and their upcoming events. We also talk about the need for a tenants union in Meanjin, and the first steps being taken to build one.

Songs played
Bare Beats - NBD
Sycco - My Ways
Thelma Plum - Better in Black
Last Quokka - Justice - System
Mere Women - As you please
Nice Biscuit - Fem Chem
Big Scary - Get Out
Damien Johnson - Love Anarchy
Droves - Trachs
We Are Not Robots - Just Lie Again
Loiter - Its not me its you

Wins and losses

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have no guest, but we have plenty of news of workers struggles, including First Nations workers protecting their country, Kangaroo Point being shut down, the ETU shutting down a worksite, and fighting going on in the US. We also have an extensive events section.

Songs played
Ministry - Jesus built my hotrod
Briggs ft Muki - Good Morning
Selve - Pink Hotel
Anachosophist & Au Lait - While im awake
Bare Beats - NBD
Hommus Idol - Claim the seat
Big Scary - Get Out
Loiter - Its not me its you
We are not robots - Just lie again
Toxic Bears - My Bad Influence
Radium Dolls - Better

Songs of working life

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to musician and QTU member Phil Monsour about his upcoming Songs of Working Life gig that will be raising money to help the refugees who've been released from the prison. We also have the pleasure of announcing the formation of a new campaign to stop climate change, Blockade Australia.

Songs played
Machine Gun Fellatio - Rollercoaster
Sycco - My Ways
Tia Gostello - Wonder
Full Flower Moon Band - Sleep
Mere Women - As you please
Full Power Happy Hour - Steely Fences
Hommus Idol - Claim The Seat
Anarcosophist & Au Lait - While Im Awake
We are not robots - Just Lie Again
Phil Monsour - Stand with us
Rafeef Ziadah - Define (Song Not Forgotten)
Phil Monsour - The Ghost of Tom Joad
Toxic Bears - My Bad Influence
Nice Biscuit - Fem Chem

The social responsibility of labour - The pigiron dispute and the BLF green bans

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 6 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week have have Greg Mallory from the Brisbane Labour History Association to talk about two moments in history when unions have taken strike action for something other than wages and conditions. You can find out more about these events in Greg's book, Uncharted Waters: Social Responsibility in Australian Trade Unions, and you can find the paper about the green bans in Queensland here, along with a bunch of other interesting papers. We also have an update directly from the Newry Native Forest Blockade, about what they're doing to protect the environment.

Songs played
Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
Selve - The Pink Hotel
Sycco - My Ways
Denis Kevans - Blow Leaves
Denis Kevans - City of Green
Denis Kevans - Green Ban Fusiliers
When Our Turn Comes - Bring Back the Green Bans
Nice Biscuit - Fem Chem
Hommus Idol - Claim The Seat
Anarchosophist & Au Lait - While I'm Awake
Damien Johnson - Your Woman
We Are Not Robots - Just Lie Again

Fight back

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have no guest, but we have plenty of news of workers struggles, including First Nations workers protecting a sacred songline, Commonwealth Bank workers protecting their retirement, workers in NSW protecting a forest, and workers in Myanmar fighting for freedom.

Songs played
The Mark of Cain - Lockdown
Tia Gostelow - Wonder
Kev Carmody - Earth Mother
Damien Johnson - Your Woman
Flangipanis - Asshole Aunt
Sweater Curse - All The Same
Worker & Parasite - Crisis
Billy Bragg - There Is Power In A Union
Mere Women - W.Y.G.
When Our Turn Comes - Break the Rules
Toxic BearsMy Bad Influences
Benjii - New Song

Your Woman

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are talking to Damien Johnson about his new music video for ‘Your Woman’ that released today. Damien created this project to confront transphobia, promote equality and fairness, and generally just flick the bird at oppression in all its forms.

Songs played
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Selve - Pink Hotel
Sycco - My Ways
Full Flower Moon Band - Meet Ya
Steve Ludkin - You're Still Lying
Damien Johnson - Your Woman
LMA - The Mark of Cain
Mere Women - Time stands still
Nice Biscuit - Fem Chem
We are not robots - Just lie again

Roady4Roadies

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Steve "Pineapple" Alberts from CrewCare about the challenges faced by workers in the live entertainment industry, or roadies, as well as the work CrewCare does to support them. This includes the upcoming Roady4Roadies fundraiser concerts, which are taking place around the continent.

Songs played
REM - Cant get there from here
Sycco - My ways
Muddy Bong Tree - Hannah
Steve Ludkin - Your still lyin
Mere women - Time stands still
Radium Dolls - Better
Full flower moon band - Roadie
Something for Kate - Three Dimensions
Nice biscuit - Fem Chem

Women Workers Power

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 9 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +1000

To commerate International Working Womens Day we have two special guests, Rank and File QNMU member Lynda, and CPSU Organiser Dani, in the studio to discuss what issues are affecting women, including the rape crisis in the Australian parliament as well as the desperate need for ratios in aged care.

Songs played
Glitoris - Slut power
Birdz - Black Lives Matter
Yothu Yindi - Treaty
Billy Bragg - There is power in union
Scabz - Guess Who
Muddy Bong Tree - Hannah
The Glycereens - Neon City Lights
The Cassingles - Henry Higgins
Jodie Flange - Dont you ever touch my friend like that again
Full Flower Moon Band - Meet ya

Suffragettes and suffering

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have two interviews, the first is a pre-recorded interview with Deborah from the Brisbane Labour History Association about the history of the suffragettes in Queensland. The second is with our regular Jayden and Calypso from Anti-Poverty Network, to talk about the IWWD rally.

Songs played
Party Dozen - The Worker
Tia Gostelow - Wonder
Full Flower Moon Band - Meet Ya
Muddy Bong Tree - Hannah
The Cassingles - Henry Higgins
Placement - Harder
Fem Chem - Nice Biscuit
lou lou - Positive Outlooks for the Apocalypse
Relay Tapes - Daylighter
Highway on the Ceiling - The Automation
The Glycereens - Neon City Lights

All is fair in love and war - DecrimQLD and the history of unions in the anti-war movement (as a separate subject)

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have two interviews, the first is with Lou Lou and Zoe from Respect Inc, to talk about the campaign for decriminalisation of sex work and the upcoming rally on International Sex Workers' Rights Day. Second we have Ross Gwyther on again from the Brisbane Labour History Association, to continue our discussion on the anti-war movement, and particularly the involvement of unions and strike action.

Songs played
Billy BraggT - here Is Power In A Union
Tia Gostelow - Wonder
Sycco - Dribble
Damien Johnson - Your Woman
Lunchtime - All In A Row
Toxic Bear - Misspent Youth
The Glycereens - Neon City Lights
Redgum - Long Run
Ballad of Accounting - Ewan McColl
Perve Endings - Token

The class war has already begun, and we're on the defensive

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have two interviews, the first is with Kathryn Wilkes from No Cashless Debit Card, to talk about the harm of the card as well as work she does with her organisation to stop it from being rolled out. The second is with Tom Brown, the assistant secretary of RTBU QLD, to talk about their rally last week against the treatment of casual workers by council.

Songs played
Sleaford Mods - Short Cummings
Briggs ft Muki - Good Morning
The Glycereens - Neon City Lights
Benjii - New Song
Lunchtime - All in a row
Nice Biscuit - Fem Chem
Toxic Bears - Misspent Youth
Relay Tapes - Daylighter

A win for us all

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 9 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +1000

No guest this week, but we have an update from Smeaton Grange, a cop being charged for murder, and more.

Songs played
Golden Age Of Balloonning - Birthday
King Stingray - Get me out
Perve Endings - Token
Sleaford Mods - I dont rate you
Haters - Dead
Cable Ties - Hope
The Glycereens - Neon City Lights
Steve Ludkin - You're still lying
Lunchtime - All in a row

Jump through the windows - The 1936 Torres Strait Islanders maritime strike

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 2 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week we once again talk to Jeff Rickertt from the Brisbane Labour History Association. This time, to give recognition to the long history of Indigenous peoples' resistance to colonialism that continued in last week's Invasion Day march, Jeff gives us the history of the Torres Strait Islanders in 1936, who went on strike against the government that was holding them in slavery.

Songs played
Briggs ft. Muki - Good Morning
King Stingray - Get Me Out
loulou - Positive Outlooks for the Apocalypse
Benjii - New Song
Golden Age of Ballooning - Birthday
Toxic Bears - Misspent Youth
Lunchtime - All In A Row
Perve Endings - Token

Getting in trouble

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +1000

We have a short interview this week with Tiana from the UQ Union Environment Collective about their campaign to prevent a coal conference from going ahead. We also talk a bit about the upcoming Invasion Day rallies and a bunch more.

Songs played
Pixies - Debaser
Briggs ft Muki - Good Morning
Tia Gostelow - Get to it
Placement - Harder
Perve Endings - DIY
Sleaford Mods - Short Cummings
Benjii - New Song
The Glycereens - Neon City Lights
Full Power Happy Hour - Steely Fences
Toxic Bears - Misspent Youth
Flangipanis - Asshole Autn
Worker & Parasite - Crisis

Trouble brewing in the Queen's dungeons

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +1000

No guest this week but we have news of prisoners fighting back around the world, and other stuff.

Songs played
Tool - Enema
Dobby - I Can't Breath
Archie Roach - Took the Children Away
Briggs, A.B. Original - January 26th
Nathan E. Murphy - Australian Mutiny
Last Quokka - Privilege
Black Parasol - Chermside
LouLou - Positive Outlooks for the Apocalypse
G Flip - I'd Rather go to Bed
Flangipanis - Asshole Aunt
DickLord - Moll on the Dole
The Stress of Leisure - Banker on TV
Sublime - April 29th, 1992
Mitch, Please-RubbishToub
Billy Bragg - There is Power in a Union

A bayonet is a weapon with a worker at both ends - the history and present of peace activism in labour

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 5 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +1000

This week on Workers Power we talk to Ross Gwyther from the Brisbane Labour History Association to talk about the peace movement and its history in WWI and even as far back as the Cimean war. Right at the end of the show we talk to Navdeep Singh about the ongoing struggle in India which involves the largest strike in history.

Songs played
Luke Daniel Peacock - The Common Good
loulou - Positive Outlooks for the Apocalypse
Perve Endings - D.I.Y.
Haters - DEAD
Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh
Dope Lemon - Hey You
Benjii - New Song
Pete Seeger - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
Sleaford Mods - Short Cummings
The Glycereens - Neon City Lights

Scallywag of the Year

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week on Workers Power we celebrate the end of a very long and interesting year by going through the year's winners of our world famous scallywag of the week awards, ending with the announcement of the scallywag of the year, who was decided through a poll by you, our dear listeners.

Week 1 - McDonald’s Australia's corporate relations director James Rickards
Week 2 - Scomo
Week 3 - Smit Lamnalco
Week 4 - Campbell Newman
Week 5 - Domino’s
Week 6 - Rio Tinto and Sodexo
Week 7 - Jennifer Howard Ipswich MP
Week 8 - Scomo
Week 9 - NAB
Week 10 - Sydney pub tsar Justin Hemmes
Week 11 - Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter
Week 12 - Government Services Minister Stuart Robert
Week 13 - CHEP Director of Australian Operations Graham Wrigglesworth
Week 14 - McDonalds CEO Andrew Gregory
Week 15 - Coles Liquor
Week 16 - Kevin Jackson, the CEO of Sanitarium
Week 17 - GRLC CEO Patti Manolis
Week 18 - SDA
Week 19 - Australia Meat Industry Council Chief Executive Patrick Hutchinson
Week 20 - Anthony Albanese
Week 21 - Today Host Allison Langdon
Week 22 - The cop who killed George Floyd
Week 23 - Gordon Cairns Chairman of Woolies
Week 24 - Scomo
Week 25 - Sydney pub tsar Justin Hemmes
Week 26 - Tony and Viki Franzone who run an Adelaide Hotel Chain
Week 27 - Coles
Week 28 - Fair Worker Ombudsman Sandra Parker
Week 29 - owner of A1 trees, Lee Winwood
Week 30 - Alan Joyce
Week 31 - Peter Tompkins, CEO of Spotless
Week 32 - Golden Circle
Week 33 - Education Minister Dan Tehan
Week 34 - Mark Zuckerberg
Week 35 - Gladys Berejiklian
Week 36 - Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate
Week 37 - Adani
Week 38 - Senator Michaelia Cash
Week 39 - Annastacia Palaszczuk
Week 40 - INPEX President & CEO: Takayuki Ueda
Week 41 - Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate
Week 42 - Scomo
Week 43 - Senior Constable David Giddins
Week 44 - Serco Australia Chief Executive Officer Mark Irwin
Week 45 - Lactalis and its CEO Rob Walden
Week 46 - Mining Billionaire Andrew Forrest
Week 47 - Gerry Harvey, CEO of Harvey Norman
Week 48 - Gladys Berejiklian
Week 50 - Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter
Week 51 - Coles

Songs played
Last Quokka - Privilege
Cable Ties - Tell Them Where To Go
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Where's My Toilet Roll
NWA - Fuck tha police
Voiid - Sour
Tia Gostelow - Psycho
Flangipanis - Asshole Aunt
Worker & ParasiteCrisis
TAWNY HAWK - Australian Mutiny
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Coles Xmas Lockout

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we chat with Debbie and Craig from United Workers Union about the Coles Smeaton Grange struggle. These are workers who have kept our shelves filled with essentials during the pandemic. Hear about their plight as they stand up and fight back. There is also plenty of workers action around the globe to report, Bill gives us another rant against the IR Omnibus Bill and of course the world famous scallwag of the week.

We are also coming up to our highly anticipated announcement of the scallywag of the year next week! We have chosen a shortlist of scummy bosses from the winners over this year who've either won more than once or done something particularly grubby. This year we are putting the power in your hands to make the decision. To have your say take a look at the previous post. And if you want to make an endorsement, or just complain about your boss, send us an email at workerspower4zzz@gmail.com

Songs played
Sublime - April 29, 1992 (miami)
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Briggs (feat. Muki) - Good Morning
Billy Bragg - There is Power in a Union
Perve Endings - DIY
Scabz - Pressure
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
The Glycereens - Neon City Lights
Toxic Bears - Misspent Youth
Tracey Chapman - Talkin' Bout a Revolution

Blood on their hands

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are joined by Jayden and Hayden from Anti-Poverty Network to talk about the recent announcement that the cashless welfare card is being extended for another two years, and about the actions being taken to stop the card and help each other in the face of it. Bill also goes on a rant about the recent omnibus laws that undermine the BOOT test.

Songs played
REM - Its the end of the world as we know it
Tia Gostelow - Psycho
Ancient Bloods - Aunties on my timeline
Rage Against the Machine - Settle for nothing
Anvil Head - No cure for chaos
NWA - Fuk da police
Apparitions - Fool me once
Token - Perve endings
Gold Stars - History
J-Milla ft Goji - 60k+

Beginners' mistakes: the roots of social democracy and the Labor party in Australia

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 1 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +1000

On this week's history episode we are joined by Jeff Rickertt, president of the Brisbane Labour History Association. He is an active trade unionist, a librarian and a labour historian with research interests in the history of working-class movements and socialist politics in Queensland. We're going to be talking about the history of the formation of the Labor party, from strikes to armed conflict to utter defeat, and finally to its position as yet another servant of capital.

Songs played
Queens of the Stone Age - First it Giveth
Tia Gostelow - Psycho
J-Milla ft Goji - 60k+
Gold Stars - History
Blussh - Incoming
Glitoris - Slut Power
TAWNY HAWK - Australian Mutiny
The Stress of Leisure - Your type of Music

Pedagogical collapse

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are joined by Michael McNally, Qld Secretary of NTEU, to talk about the consistent and expanding draining of funding to tertiary education, and the action being taken to fight it, such as the protest by Griffith staff last Friday, and the upcoming protest by UQ staff this Friday.

Songs played
Interpol - C'Mere
The Ancient Bloods - Aunties On My Timeline
Tia Gostelow - Wonder
Apparitions - Fool Me Once
Glitoris - The Policy
Gold Stars - Rocks
Suburbiasuburbia - Lenny's
Perve Endings - Token
TAWNY HAWK - Australian Mutiny
Stoker - Wake Up The Radio
Sweater Curse - All The Same
Wilco - The Late Greats

The corporations are the government

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +1000

No guest this week, but we'll be talking about a couple union wins, an upcoming NTEU rally, the Zapatistas, and more.

Songs played
TAWNY HAWK - Australian Mutiny
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Baker Boy, Dallas Woods, Sampa The Great - Better Days
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Flangipanis - Asshole Aunt
Glitoris - The Policy
BLUE KING BROWN - RIZE UP
Oetha - Sista Girls
SuburbiaSUBURBIA - Boss Said Ya Gone
WAAX - This Everything
Jodie Flange - Don't You Ever Touch My Friend Like That Again
DISPOSSESSED - WARPATH NEVER ENDED
VOIID - Bug
Sycco - Dribble
Alex the Astronaut - I Think You're Great
Worker & Parasite - Crisis

Mums' Power

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week Hannah is joined in the studio by past guests Nadine Chemali and Delta Kay to talk about feminism, patriarchy, and what its like being a working mum. And we have young Jimmy Kay making his radio debut.

Songs played
Tracy Chapman - Fast car
Tiddas - My Sistas
Briggs - Go to War
Flangipanis - Asshole Aunt
Blue King Brown - Rize Up
Glitorous - Slut Power
Oetha - Sista Girl
Jodie Flange - Dont ever touch my friend like that again
Bikini girl - Rebel girl
Noname - Song 32

The history of class struggles

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 3 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are talking to Greg Mallory from the Brisbane Labour History Association about the work they do in the studying and analysis of the history of the labour movement in Australia and especially Meanjin/Brisbane. This is the start of an exciting partnership between Workers Power and the BLHA, we will be having a member of BLHA on the show on the first Tuesday of every month to talk about an aspect of Labour history, and most importantly how we can apply the lessons of this history to today's movements.

Songs played
Sonic Youth - Youth against Facism
Midnight Oil ft Jessica Mauboy - First Nation
King Stingray - Hey Wanhaka
Budd - Kairos
The Parameters - Pig City
When Our Turn Comes - Bring Back the Green Bans
Stoker - Wake Up The Radio
Sweater Curse - All The Same
Worker & Parasite - Realpolitik
The Stress of Leisure - Banker On TV
Jodie Flange - Don't You Ever Touch My Friend Like That Again

all cops are bastards

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This we week we are again talking to Jayden about anti-poverty network in order to promote their upcoming forum, which will be talking about strategies to fight job agencies. We also have the pleasure of premiering the latest party message from Worker & Parasite, Realpolitik. To support the Djab Wurrung Sovereign Embassy, which is currently under attack by the Victorian Government, visit this page for info.

Songs played
Tool - Ænema
Birdz - Black Lives Matter
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Worker & Parasite - Realpolitik
Stoker - Wake Up The Radio
Apparitions - Fool Me Once
Glitoris - The Policy
Jodie Flange - Don't You Ever Touch My Friend Like That Again
Goldminds - Deadwood
King Stingray - Hey Wanhaka
iNsuRge - Political Prisoners

Down with Queen Bajrasudhabimalalakshana

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we do not have a guest, but we will be talking about the class action case in WA for Indigenous workers to be compensated for the slavery they were held in, a protest against Mark Latham's transphobic bill, the movement against the Prayut dictatorship in Thailand, and more.

Songs played
Rage against the machine - Freedom
Ziggy Ramo - White lies
King Stingray - Hey Wanhaka
Adele & The Chandeliers - Something Good Is Happening
Pavement - Stereo
Burnt Trash - Adapt The Flaw
Levellers - What A Beautiful Day
Jodie Flange - Don't You Ever Touch My Friend Like That Again
Mitch, Please - Temporary Punks
Goldminds - Deadwood
loulou - It Spills Out

You dip your bread in our blood

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +1000

Trigger warning: There is a description of injuries recieved as a result of rape at 45:10 to 45:55.

This week we talked to Nadine Chemali, who is a writer, academic, and community worker, about recent government actions that attempt to further cloister Australia from non-white refugees.

Songs played
Tiny Little Houses - Entitled Generation
Birdz - Black Lives Matter
Barkaa - For My Tittas
Bad//Dreems - Mob Rule
Glitoris - Slut Power
Flangipanis - Asshole Aunt
Last Quokka - Privilege
Mitch, Please - What We Do
Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy
Cable Ties - Hope

Sex workers surviving the pandemic

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 6 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are again joined by Janelle from Respect Inc to talk about the work that Respect does, the struggles that sex workers have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the campaign for decriminalisation in QLD. To support sex workers in these times you can donate to this fundraiser, organised by Scarlet Alliance.

Songs played
The Keepaways - The Voight Glitch
Agency - Citizens Alone
Baker Boy x Dallas Woods - Better Days ft. Sampa The Great
JK-47 - Full Speed
Muddy Bong Tree - Hannah
Ancient Channels - Carpe Noctem
Briggs ft. Thelma Plum - Go To War
Mitch, Please - What We Do
Black Parasol - Chermside
Jodie Flange - Don't You Ever Touch My Friend Like That Again
Burnt Trash - Adapt The Flaw
Goldminds - Deadwood
Last Quokka - Colony

Grassroots action by uni staff

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Dr Natalie Osborn from the National Higher Education Action Network about the problems in higher education, and how NHEAN will address them with unprotected industrial action. Natalie is also a producer for Radio Reversal, which is another brilliant show on 4ZZZ.

Songs played
Sublime - Work That We Do
Xavier Rudd - Lioness Eye
Baker Boy x Dallas Woods - Better Days feat. Sampa The Great
JK-47 - On One
Briggs - Go To War
Lou Lou - It Spills Out
The Cassingles - Henry Higgins
Space Baby - Power to the People
Last Quokka - Privilege
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Sycco - Dribble
Jodie Flange - Don't You Ever Touch My Friend Like That Again
Mack Ridge ft. Barkaa - 22 Clan Cypher

Living Inside For Everyone

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we've got Jayden on again, Jayden works with Anti-Poverty Network Queensland and is involved in the Living Incomes for Everyone campaign. We're going to talk about LIFE's new demand for secure housing, as well the LIFE national week of action and the action being organised by APN.

Songs played
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Briggs - Go To War
Space Baby - Power to the People
Truth - Fingerless
Last Quokka - Colony
Steam - Gold Stars
Deadwood - Goldminds
Jimi Hendrix - Freedom
Lou Lou - It Spills Out
JK-47 - R.I.P
Weezer - Say It Ain't So

The neoliberal zombie apocalypse, and the graveyards that are our universities

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to professor of social work at QUT, and NTEU member, Christine Morley, about the effects of neoliberal capitalism on tertiary education.

Songs played
Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back
Dobby - I Can't Breathe
Briggs ft. Thelma Plum - Go To War
Anarchosophist - The Cat King in the Year of the Plague, Pt. 1
Phil Monsour - Stand Together
Jodie Flange - Don't You Ever Touch My Friend Like That Again
The Cassingles - Hostage Situation
JK-47 - R.I.P.
Ancient Channels - Footprints In The Dark
Last Quokka - Privilege

Racism, rubbish, and riots

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have an update from the committal hearing about the murder of Kumanjayi Walker, an upcoming action against the proposed incinerator in Ipswich, a success in the campaign for portable long service leave, a eulogy for David Graeber, and a bunch more.

Songs played
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off
XTC - Dear God
Midnight Oil feat. Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs and Bunna Lawrie - Gadigal Land
Briggs - Go To War
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Mitch, Please - What We Do
Ancient Channels - Carpe Noctem
Burnt Trash - Adapt The Flaw
Fingerless - Truth
JL-47 - On One
Sycco - Dribble
The Cassingles - Henry Higgins

BLM and land rights

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 1 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Delta Kay about how she and her mob won Indigenous Land Use Agreements in Arakwal country, and about the Black Lives Matter movement in the US and in Australia.

Songs played
R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here
Briggs ft. Thelma Plum - Go To War
Sycco - Dribble
Burnt Trash - Adapt The Flaw
loulou - It Spills Out
Radium Dolls - Where To Go
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Mr Prism
BLUSSH - Better Than This
The Cassingles - Henry Higgins
Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra - Welcome To The Neighbourhood

The crime of poverty

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Jeremy Poxon from the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, to talk about the punishment workers face when they do not have a job, and how the union fights against that. We also talked about the MOStrike, you can find more information about that here.

Songs played
Sublime - Work That We Do
Midnight Oil ft. Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs & Bunna Lawrie - Gadigal Land
Briggs - Go To War
Fingerless - Truth
Six Ft Hick - White Light, Wet Heat
Serf - Daily Feed
Agency - Citizens Alone
loulou - Gotta Get Better
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Mr Prism
Burnt Trash - Adapt The Flaw

Aged care: wage theft and maseratis

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Lauren from the Health Services Union about organising in the aged care sector and a recent win which saw 9500 workers get their backpay, to support the HSU campaign for decent aged care you can go to their website. We also talked about the AUWU MOStrike, you can find more information about that here.

Songs played
At the drive In - Arcarsenal
Fountaines D.C. - I don't belong
Briggs ft Thelma Plum - Go to war
Sycco - Dribble
loulou - It spills out
The Clash - Know your rights
Voiid - Sour
Fingerless - Truth
Gold Stars - Steam
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Mr Prism
Radium Dolls - Where to go
Kingswood - You make it so easy

Blockadeathon

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we bring you news about blockades, we've got blockades in Uluru, Kangaroo point, Bolivia, and more. We've also got an update from last week's scallywag, and plenty more workers action.
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Songs played
Idles - A Hymn
Kobie Dee - Same Old Shit
JK-47 ft. Phoebe Jacobs - I Am Here (Trust Me)
VOIID - Sour
The Isley Brothers - Fight the Power
Agency - Citizens Alone
Ancient Channels - Carpe Noctem
Burnt Trash - Always So Sad
Fontaines D.C. - Televised Mind
Full Power Happy Hour - Old Mind of Mine
Goldminds - Nobody Wants You
Lou Lou - It Spills Out

Hot and Sexy Revolutionaries

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 4 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we don't have a guest but Bill teaches us about Health and Safety Representatives, which is a topic that will be useful for all workers.

Songs played
The Mark Of Cain - Lockdown 0:01:04
Small Island Big Song - Naka Wara Wara To'o 0:18:26
JK-47 - I Am Here (Trust Me) 0:23:12
VOIID - RnR 0:37:17
BLUSSH - Better Than This 0:49:09
Burnt Trash - Always So Sad 1:12:10
Fingerless - Truth 1:15:19
Full Power Happy Hour - Old Mind of Mine 1:33:06
Goldminds - Nobody Wants You 1:37:11
Kobie Dee - Same Old Shit 1:48:02
Lou Lou - It Spills Out 1:56:33

Solidarity saves lives

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Jorgen, the Queensland CEO of Mates in Construction, about their work in preventing suicide in the construction industry and elsewhere.

Songs played
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel 0:00:00
Sycco - Dribble 0:11:56
Kobie Dee - Same Old Shit 0:16:38
Radium Dolls - Where To Go 0:26:36
Lou Lou - It Spills Out 0:32:26
Burnt Trash - Always So Sad 0:47:07
Skyhooks - All My Friends Are Getting Married 0:59:00
Damien Johnson - Enemy 1:10:42
Gold Stars - Steam 1:25:04
Hoodoo Gurus - Hung Out to Dry 1:39:19
Fingerless - Truth 1:47:44
Powerdrill - Haven A Beer 1:58:08

the unemployed workers special

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week on Workers Power we talk to Jayden from Anti-Poverty Network, to talk about APN and their role in the LIFE campaign. And later in the show we talk to Col Davies from Fair Go For Pensioners, to talk about that campaign as well as the LIFE campaign.

Songs played
Soundgarden - Superunknown 0:00:05
Kobie Dee - Same Old 0:14:24
Sycco - Dribble 0:18:18
Burnt Trash - Megareaction 0:29:36
Alchemy - Krave 0:33:52
Metallica - Fuel 0:45:36
Agency - Citizens Alone 0:55:35
Ancient Channels - Deep Rest 0:59:45
Phil Monsour - One More Day Than Them 1:04:42
Magic Dirt - Pace It 1:17:58
A. Swayze and the Ghosts - ICU 1:29:18
The Meanies - Monsters 1:39:55
Cable Ties - Tell them where to go 1:49:05
Blussh - Better than this 1:57:05

They're coming for the crates

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week on Workers power Jaxom brings you an update directly from the front lines of the Kangaroo Point blockade, we share a story from Michael Williams about the Black Lives Matter movement, we give an update from the green ban in Parramatta, as always our scallywag of the week where we have yet another story showing that there is no law for the rich, and more.

Songs played
Cable Ties - Hope 0:00:26
Dobby - I can't breathe 0:18:07
JK-47 - The Recipe 0:21:58
Phil Monsour - Stand With Us 0:33:59
Voiid - Shave It 0:48:29
Lil Kootsie - Ready for Change Part 1 1:01:07
Amyl and the Sniffers - Gacked on Anger 1:03:50
Ancient Channels - Deep Rest 1:06:57
When our turn comes - Bring back the green bans 1:22:03
Burnt Trash - Megareaction 1:36:46
Krave - Alchemy 1:48:15
The Broken Girls Club - Rum Song 1:56:26

Getting irate at polluting big business

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 7 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week Bill talks to Jim Dodrill, president of Ipswich Residents Against Toxic Environments, about the work IRATE does in Ipswich and their campaign against a proposed incinerator in the area.

Songs played
IDLES - Grounds 0:02:07
Barkaa ft Mack Ridge - 22 Clan Cyper 0:16:38
Dobby - I Cant Breathe 0:19:51
Agency - This Years Favourite Son 0:32:36
Mitch, Please - Rubbish 0:48:40
Blussh - Better than this 1:06:15
When our turn comes - Bring Back The Green Bans 1:22:54
JK - 47 - The Recipe 1:32:51
Voiid - RnR 1:40:35
Burnt Trash - Megareaction 1:53:15
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday 1:59:34

Just one meal

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we report on the blockade at Kangaroo point, the fee increase for humanities students, an update from the US uprising, and as always our scallywag of the week.

Songs played
Placebo - Slave to the Wage 0:00:39
Barkaa ft Mack Ridge - 22 Clan cypher 0:18:26
Dobby - I cant breathe 0:22:50
Black rebel motorcycle club - Stop 0:34:34
Blussh - Better than this 0:48:13
Burnt Trash - Megareaction 0:51:44
Gold Stars - Valley 1:00:47
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Betty vs the NYPD 1:05:07
Krave - Alchemy 1:14:47
The Broken Girls Club - Rum Song 1:30:24
Workers & Parasite - Crisis 1:40:14
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Wheres My Toilet Roll 1:50:46
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday 1:58:13

Living Incomes For Everyone

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we talk to Jayden from Anti-Poverty Network about the Living Incomes For Everyone campaign, a cross organisation campaign involving activist organisations, NGOs, and unions, to raise welfare payments to a minimum of $1100.

Songs played
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms 0:02:07
Barkaa - Our Lives Matter 0:17:21
Dobby - I cant breathe 0:20:34
Genesis Owusu - Whip Cracker 0:33:32
Voiid - Sour 0:39:09
Ancient channels - Carpe Noctem 0:50:40
J-Milla - Unlock the system 0:55:02
Krave - Alchemy 1:09:20
Cable Ties - Hope 1:21:40
Worker & Parasite - Crisis 1:34:24
The disgruntled taxpayers - Wheres my toilet roll 1:51:52
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday 1:57:59

Let them hug their kids.

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +1000

We talk with Kirsty from United Workers Union about how the federal government plans to take the razor to the Child Education Sector. This effects predominately women workers; those that work there and those that rely on them to support their families. As well as affecting the children, when the workers don't have enough to take care of themselves, it makes it difficult to take care of others. It is simply a continuation of the government's contempt for women and children.

We also have interviews with Sam Woripa Watson and Fletch to take you to the frontlines of the struggle to free 120 refugee workers who have been detained indefinitely at a hotel at Kangaroo Point for eight months, this is in addition to the seven years they spent in the dark stains on the history of humanity that are the Manus and Nauru detention centres.

Songs played
Kyuss - One Inch Man 0:02:00
Voiid - Hell 0:06:35
J-Milla - Unlock the system 0:21:00
Maurial Spearim - Blak Woman 0:26:37
Voiid - Sour 0:41:34
Ancient - Carpe Noctem 0:45:31
Voiid - RnR 0:58:10
Kate Tempest - Unholy Elixir 1:19:15
Krave - Alchemy 1:32:49
Sycco - Nicotine 1:43:19
The broken girls club - Rum Song 1:50:57
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday 1:58:16

You can't pay bills with exposure

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +1000

On today's show Bill and Hannah chat with Carl from Musicians Australia about Musicians organising for fair paid work. They also discuss the Black Lives Matter rally and workers action from ETU, The Services Union, CFMEU, Unions NSW and workers standing up and fighting back around the world. Stick around to the end as Bill doesnt hold back on his rant about our Scallywag of the Week.

Songs played
Idles - Im Scum 0:00:27
Warumpi Band - Blackfella/Whitefella 0:10:31
Desert Mulga Band - Pama yampiya 0:23:30
Maurial Spearim - Blak Woman 0:28:04
Alchemy - Krave 0:48:03
Ancient Channels - Carpe Noctem 1:02:25
Cable ties - Hope 1:06:27
Rex Wonderful & The Silk Sheets - Indifference 1:22:32
Sycco - Nicotine 1:26:20
The Bear Hunt - Piss on my dreams 1:34:02
The Broken Girls Club - The Rum Song 1:37:40
Voiid - Bug 1:46:20
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday 1:58:19

Black Lives Matter

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 2 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +1000

“The murder of George Floyd is a lit match to the fuel that has built up over decades” - Sam Watson of Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance spoke with Bill about the Black Lives Matter - Stop Black Deaths in Custody rally in King George Square this Saturday June 6th from 1pm, where over 10,000 people have responded to the event on Facebook for the Brisbane rally alone.

To protest safely make sure you bring plenty of hygiene gear such as a face mask and hand sanitiser, and stay 1.5m apart from those around you. If you are sick, stay home and support where you can online.

In our second hour we spoke about retail and fast food workers around the world standing up and fighting back with action from; Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, Fight for $15 and Unite Union.

Songs played
Gil Scott-Herron - The revolution will not be televised 0:01:02
The Parameters - Pig City 0:07:30
NWA - F**k tha police 0:13:00
Pete Seeger - Solidarity Forever 0:40:07
AB Original - 2 black 2 strong 0:47:14
DeeKay - Time for some akshun 0:54:56
Cable Ties - Tell them where to go 1:03:16
Dianas - Going gone 1:11:52
Coalfalls - Stephenson St 1:28:54
Good Boy - Teens of the stoned age 1:45:00
The Broken Girls Club - Rum Song 1:52:30
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday 1:58:03

50th Episode!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 26 May 2020 10:00:00 +1000

We've come a long way over the last year and today we reach our 50th episode! That's 50 episodes of bringing Meanjin news for the working class, by the working class, and we're looking forward to another 50. This week we've got a bunch of news from our retail and hospitality workers, and more.

Songs played
Bloc Party - Positive Tension 0:02:33
Warumpi Band - Blackfella/White Fella 0:17:15
Briggs - Extra Extra 0:21:15
Cable Ties - Say what you mean 0:29:38
Amyl & The Sniffers - Some mutts (Cant be muzzled) 0:45:29
Dianas - Going Gone 0:59:34
DeeKay - Time for sum akshun 1:11:01
Krave - Alchemy 1:18:45
The Bear Hunt - Piss On My Dreams 1:23:48
The Broken Girls Club - Rum Song 1:35:07
Voiid - Sour 1:43:24
Last Quokka - Privilege 1:51:46
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday 1:57:44

Rank and file fights back against NTEU

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 19 May 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are joined by Izzy and Fran, who are rank and file members of the National Tertiary Education Union, to talk about the NTEU Fightback campaign. This is a campaign to vote no to the NTEU's National Jobs Protection Framework, which threatens to cut the pay of workers by up to %15 under the guise of protecting jobs. You can follow the campaign and find out how to get involved at their facebook or twitter.

Songs played
REM - Cant get there from here
Steve Ludkin - Black History
Briggs - Extra Extra
Dianas - Going Gone
When our turn comes - Break the rules
Cable Ties - Hope
Amyl and the Sniffers - Im not a loser
Sonic Youth - Youth against fascism
Idles - Television
Float Therapy - Gaffer Tape
Krave - Alchemy
Sycco - Nicotine
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Vale Jack Mundey

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 12 May 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week on Workers Power we celebrate the life of Jack Mundey, a unionist and communist who was a leading figure of the BLF's green bans. We also talk about a mine explosion that injured five workers, a plan to help the suffering arts industry, the battle against the fascist Turkish state, and more.

Songs played
Dicklord - Boring
Class War - Class Consciousness
Baker Boy - Move
Deekay - Gotta Get Out Of It
When Our Turn Comes - Bring Back The Green Bans
Phil Monsuer - Better Work Better Life
Coalfalls - Stephenson Street
Atlas - Apparations
Cable Ties - Tell them where to go
J-Milla - Unlock the System
Steve Ludkin - Black History
Violent Soho - Easy
Waax - FU

Solidarity, now more than ever, is necessary for survival

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 5 May 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week on Workers Power we have some hopeful news for Indigenous prisoners in Victoria, an example of mutual aid from Sydney, and workers sticking together to fight bosses from Australia to Vegas. We've also got a scandalous scallywag of the week.

Songs played
Billy Bragg - There is power in a union
When our turn comes - Break the rules
Baker Boy - Move
DeeKay - Time for some akshun
The Stress of Leisure - Interesting times
AB Original ft Thelma Plum - ICU
Good boy - Extended Heavy
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Blues X Man
Kim Salmon and The Surrealists - Non Stop Action Groove
Glitoris - Slut Power
The Broken Girls Club - Rum Song
RVG - Asteriod
Sycco - Nicotine
Violent Soho - Easy
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Where's my Toilet Roll?

Some more news

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week on Workers Power we have First Nations artists sharing their art online, the CPSU supporting casual workers who have been shafted, Monash students organising for their rights online, a strike at Amazon, and more. And as always we'll have the scallywag of the week.

Songs played
When our turn comes - Bring back the green bans
Phil Monsour - We will go home
DeeKay - Gotta Get Out of It
Kev Carmody - Thou shalt not steal
Sycco - Nicotine
Dicklord - Boring
Coalfalls - Stephenson Street
Alex the Astronaut - I think your great
Cable Ties - Tell them where to go
Flirt - Cheeky Velvet
Class Consciousness - Class War
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Flangipanis - In the bin
The Broken Girls Club - Rum Song
Violent Soho - Pick it up again
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Where's my toilet roll?
Voiid - Sour

Ongoing governmental scallywaggery

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +1000

More stories this week showing that the government spares no thought for the workers. Including the illegal detention of Aboriginal people, a thwarted attempt to privatise the visa system, and the cutting of the notice period required before a vote on EBA changes. We also have other stories such as worldwide prison revolts, and nurses winning their pay.

Songs played
When our turn comes - Break the rules
Warumpi Band - Blackfella/Whitefella
DeeKay - Gotta Get Out Of It
Sycco - Nicotine
Coalfalls - Stephenson Street
Violent Soho - Easy
Being Jane Lane - Be Ok
Cable Ties - Tell them where to go
Eliza & the Delusionals - Just Exist
Velociraptor - Sleep with the fishes
Thelma Plum - Better in blak
Good boy - Extended Heavy
Mardi Lumsden - This is forever
The Stress of Leisure - Interesting Times
Voiid - Sour
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Flangipanis - In the bin
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Where is my toilet roll
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

The government does not care. We, the people, must help each other!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have a whole bunch of stories of the government screwing over workers in response to the pandemic. Including sending pigs into remote communities without them undergoing quarantine, leaving education workers without sufficient pay, and planning to sacrifice workers for the sake of economic growth.

Songs played
When our turn comes - Break the rules
Baker Boy - Move
DeeKay - Time for sum akshun
Violent Soho - A-Ok
Cable ties - Tell them where to go
Phil Monsour - Better Work Better Life
Dicklord - Boring
Glitoris - Slut Power
Eliza & The Delusionals - Just Exist
Good Boy - Extended Heavy
The Cassingle - Brisbanes Burning
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Roo - Cold Comfort
Thelma Plum (Ft David Le'aupepe) - Love and War
Voiid - Sour
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Where's My Toilet Roll
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

The workers will defeat this virus, while the rich hide in their private hospitals.

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 7 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +1000

We continue from last week with even more stories showing that the working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of the working people and the few, who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life. Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organise as a class, take possession of the means of production, abolish the wage system, and live in harmony with the Earth.

Songs played
Chromeatics - Closer to grey
When our turn comes - Break the rules
Dee Kay - Im a G
Baker Boy - Move
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Where's my toilet roll
Eliza & The Delusionals - Just Exist
Cable ties - Anger's not enough
Arse - NRVSNRG
The Meanies - 10% Weird
Minor Premiers - Hawaiian Holiday
Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs
Use no hooks - Do the job
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Glitoris - Slut Power
Voiid - Sour
The Mark of Cain - Lockdown
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday

Class conflict exposed by the pandemic

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +1000

No interview this week, but we have plenty of news stories showing how COVID-19 has exposed the inherent contradiction between the interests of the workers and the interests of the owners. Such as Macca's leaving their workers in the dark about a positive COVID case, and prisoners fighting back against being left to die at the hands of the virus.

Songs played
When our turn comes - Break the rules
Budd - Handle it
Dee Kay - I'm a g
Kev Carmody - Thou shall not steal
Cable ties - Anger's not enough
Good boy - Extended heavy
Rage against the machine - Settle for nothing
Faith no more - Evidence
Regurgitator - Eye, Zombie
Tumbleweed - A darkness at never never
Cable ties - Tell them where to go
The double happiness - Wild Bikini
The Hard Ons - Midnight
Voiid - Sour
Glitoris - Slut Power
Magic Dirt - Ice
Cog - Real life

Mutual Aid and QCU's Michael Clifford

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +1000

On this episode of Workers Power we were joined by Michael Clifford, General Secretary of the QCU, to discuss their response to the COVID-19 crisis, as well as how they're dealing with the government's response. We were also joined by Hannah to discuss the mutual aid groups popping up around Australia and the world.

Songs played
When our turn comes - Bring back the green bans
Archie Roach ft Sally Dastery - Tell me why
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Paul Kelly - Sleep Australia Sleep
Midnight Oil - No time for games
Phil Monsour - Still need a union
TISM - I drive a truck
The Saints - I'm Stranded
Alex the Astronaut - I think you're great
Hugo Stranger & The Rattlers - Hold on
Cable ties - Hope
Class war - Class Consciousness
Magic dirt - Ice
Glitoris - Slut Power
Chakra Efendi - Morphine

Anti-Viral Action

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +1000

No interview this week, but we have plenty of news from workers who are standing up and fighting back in the face of our current pandemic, including recent developments at Deebing Creek, communities coming together in mutual aid, and a potential rent strike.

Songs played
The Mark of Cain - Lockdown 0:00:00
When our turn comes - Break the rules 0:04:01
DeeKay - Descendants of the curse 0:12:15
J-Milla - Unlock the system 0:19:17
Class War - Class Consciousness 0:28:44
Cable ties - Self-Made man 0:34:36
Mitch, please - Rubbish 0:43:35
Rage against the machine - Take the power back 0:55:58
Flangipanis - In the bin 1:11:50
Glitoris - Slut Power 1:12:27
Midnight Oil - Cold Cold Change 1:24:14
Good boy - Extended Heavy 1:27:43
Steve Ludkin - Photo Op Pollies 1:36:36
The Strokes - Is this it? 1:46:00
Dicklord - C U Next Tuesday 1:48:26

When Our Turn Comes EP launch

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we tried but failed to interview Kane from When Our Turn Comes, a Melbourne 5-piece band that explores issues like systemic racism, tackling neo-nazi groups, everyday economic struggles, union politics, and the climate crisis. But don't worry, we still have an exciting show full of workers fighting back from Australia to Latin America.

Songs played
When our turn comes - Bring Back the Green Bans
Baker Boy ft Jess B - Meditjin
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
When our turn comes - Citadel
When our turn comes - Break the rules
Being Jane Lane - Be Okay
Cable ties - Self-Made man
Chakra Efendi - Lady in white
Steve Ludkin - Photo Op Pollies
Flangipanis - In the bin
Use no hooks - Do the job
Class war - Class Consciousness
Glitoris - Slut Power

International Working Women's Day special

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 3 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +1000

We have a special all-women episode this week to celebrate International Working Women's Day this 8th March. As such we have guest co-host Dani from No Apologies on 4zzz. Our first guests (starting at 39m40s) this week are Linda and Kirsten from the United Workers Union, to talk about organising early education/childcare workers. Our second guests (starting at 1h08m20s) are Justine from The Services Union, and Sally and Dani from the Community and Public Sector Union, to talk about women's issues in their organising work.
Come along to IWWD this 8th March.

Songs played
Glitoris - Slut Power
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak
Being Jane Lane - Be Okay
Cable Ties - Self-Made Man
Class War - Class Consciousness
flangipanis - In The Bin
Lexicon - Greatness
The Double Happiness - Spooky Tiki (Theremin Remix)
Good Boy - Extended Heavy
The Grates - Science Is Golden
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Eliza & The Delusionals - Swimming Pool
Leanne Tennant - Everspin
Majestic Horses - Signal
The Slits - Typical Girls
Alex Lahey - Sucker For Punishment
Bluss - Shut Up Becky

International Working Women's Day and the UCU strike

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:00:00 +1000

We are joined this week by Sian from Feminist Action to talk about International Working Women's Day, a day of protest against the patriarchal society that oppresses us as well as a day of celebration of the victories working women have had against it in the past.
We also hear from an old friend, Feargal! He's barely left the plane and has already gotten himself into trouble, with the UCU going on strike at 74 universities across the UK.

Songs played
Warumpi Band - Blackfella/Whitefella
A.B. Original ft Thelma Plum - ICU
Adele and the chandeliers - Love you more
Cable Ties - Self-Made Man
Apparations - Atlas
Good Boy - Extended Heavy
Life without buildings - New Town
Kim Salmon and the Surrealists - Non-Stop Action Groove
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
flangipanis - In the bin
Pixies - Debaser
The Double Happiness - Spooky Tiki (Theremin Remix)

Climate Crisis National Day of Action

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are joined by Alex from Climate Justice Alliance Brisbane to discuss the Climate Crisis National Day of Action event this Saturday. We discuss the idea of climate justice, and creating an alliance for climate justice.
We are also joined by new member of the Workers Power team, Michael! Michael is a journalist for Independent Australia, so we are very excited to bring his experience into the show.

Songs played
Mudhoney - In 'n' out of grace
Archie Roach feat. Sally Dastey - Tell me why
Apparitions - Atlas
Cable Ties - Self-made man
Eliza & The Delusionals - Swimming pool
Good Boy - Extended heavy
Martyr Privates - Carnage in the kool aid
Paul Kelly - Sleep Australia Slepp
Dropkick Murphys - Boys on the docks
The Strokes - Take it or leave it
flangipanis - In the bin
Mitch, Please - Rubbish

Cultural appropriation

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are joined by First Nations worker and activist Delta Kay who chats with us about the appropriation of First Nations culture by businesses such as souvenir shops, why it is a problem, and what we can do about it. Find more of Delta's work at Culture Aware.

Songs played
Faith No More - Epic
Baker Boy ft Jess B - Meditjin
Boomalli ft Hazy - Fuck the system
Archie Roach - Charcoal Lane
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
flangipanis - In the bin
The Double Happiness - Spooky Tiki (Theremin remix)
Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass
Cable Ties - Sandcastles
Chakra Efendi - Ego Death
Pixies - Debaser

Dockworkers making waves

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 4 Feb 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are joined by Paul Petersen, assistant secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia - Queensland branch, to talk about strike action being taken against Hutchinson Ports, as well as international solidarity among dockworkers organising in the International Dockworkers Council.

Songs played
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It
Archie Roach - Tell Me Why
The Saints - Swing for the Crime
Last Quokka - Colony
Gang of Four - Ether
Magic Dirt - He-man
Dicklord - Moll on the dole
Alex the Astronaut - I Think You're Great
Dead Kennedys - Take This Job and Shove It
Iota - Triplespoon

Grill'd workers bringing the heat.

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +1000

This week we have Mitch on the show, who is a delegate at Grill'd Workers United, to talk about the campaign to organise Grill'd workers.

Songs played
Phil Monsour - Solidarity Forever
Baker Boy ft JessB - Meditjin
Warumpi Band - Blackfella/Whitefella
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Cable Ties - Sandcastles
Dicklord - Moll on the dole
Budd - Kairos
Last Quokka - Colony
Magic Dirt - Daddy
Regurgitator - Fat Cop
TISM - Whatareya

just news this week

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +1000

No interview this week so we are just going through some of the latest news. But next Sunday is Invasion day, so try to make it to your local rally.

Songs played
Gil Scott-Herron - The revolution will not be televised
Baker Boy - Marryuna Ft Yirrmal
Baker Boy - Meditjin Ft Jess B
Eddy current Suppression Ring - All in good time
PJ Harvey - Rid of me
Faith no more - Be aggressive
Rage against the machine - Take the power back
Last Quokka - Colony
A country practice - The inundation into our room
Mitch, Please - Rubbish
Flangipanis - In the bin
A.B. Original, Dan Sultan - January 26

Dodgy bosses at Macca's

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +1000

We're playing a bit more music this week as we adjust to a lack of Feargal in the studio. In this episode we have a short interview with McDonald's worker, Retail and Fast Food Workers Union member and newest addition to the Workers Power 4ZZZ team, Jason Harradine. We talk about RAFFWU winning penalty rates for Maccas workers, and the response from the dodgy bosses in trying to cut workers hours. If you are a McDonald's worker, you do not have to sign a new agreement. If your boss is telling you that you do, get them to put it in writing, and record the interaction yourself. For more information you can watch this 11 minute video.

Songs played
Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Kev Carmody - Thou Shalt Not Steal
The Jam - That's Entertainment
Machine Gun Fellatio - Rollercoaster
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Regurgitator - I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am
VOIID - D.W.n.T
ROO - Malicious Delicious
flangipanis - The Ballad of Chad and Becky
Doxa - Carrier
Chakra Efendi - Morphine
WAAX - FU
Phil Monsour - Fires Are Burning
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Blues X Man

Bushfires

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 7 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +1000

As we say hello to the new year we say goodbye to Feargal, as he leaves brissie to go study in the UK. Join us for Feargal's last episode as we discuss the bushfires, and the response from unions and others.
To help fight these fires you can donate to the NSW RFS, and to assist with the fire relief for First Nations communities donate here.

Songs played
The Clash - Know Your Rights
Kerrianna Cox - Woman Got No History
Phil Monsour - Still Need a Union
Class War - Class Consciousness
Majestic Horses - Call You Out
WAAX - FU
Midnight Oil - US Forces
The Saints - Stranded
The Fall - Hit the North
Violent Femmes - Please Do Not Go

New Year, same system. (part 1)

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +1000

As we come into the new year we have a full house of Workers Power contributers in the studio: Feargal, Bill, Hannah, Steven, and Darrel, the Together union delegate at CITEC. In this episode we talk to Darrel about working and organising at CITEC, and what it is like to organise your workplace as a public servant.
We also go over all our scallywags this year and make the grand decision, who will be the scallywag of the year?

Songs played
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
A.B. Original - January 26
Kev Carmody - Thou Shalt Not Steal
Class War - Class Consciousness
The Stress of Leisure - Shark Killer
Pussy Riot - Hangerz
Bad//Dreems - Mob Rule
Rebel Diaz - Which Side Are You On?
Glomesh - Factory Heart
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Interpol - Evil
The Clash - The Call Up
The Coup - The Guillotine
Calle 13 - No Hay Nadie Como Tú

All I want for Christmas is decriminalisation of sex work

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +1000

This Christmas Eve we are talking to Eva from Decrim Qld about the reality of sex work, the laws regarding sex work in queensland and the difficulties and dangers they pose to sex workers, and the campaign for decriminalisation of sex work. We also talk a bit about the intercourse between sex work and feminism.

Songs played
Billy Bragg - The Internationale
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Emily Wurramara - Black Boy
K.Flay - Blood In The Cut
Cardi B - Money
Phantastic Ferniture - Fuckin 'n' Rollin
Some Jerks - A Million Girls
HEXDEBT - Loops
Roo - Malicious Delicious
Valley Latini - Pay My Rent
Yothu Yindi - Treaty

Organising paramedics (not ambulance drivers).

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are joined by Debbie, lead organiser for paramedics in the United Workers Union, and Dan, delegate for UWU and a paramedic himself. We discuss the experiences of paramedics on the job including violence and mental health issues, as well as the experience of organising paramedics.

Songs played
Midnight Oil - Cold Cold Change
Bwgcolman Mob - Time Will Tell
Nickelback - When We Stand Together
Strawbs - Part Of The Union
Billy Bragg - There Is Power In A Union
WAAX - Same Same
Kate Tempest - Europe Is Lost
Zounds - War/Subvert
Warumpi Band - Secret War
Bitumen - Twice Shy
Last Quokka - Privilege

A very striking week. UWU fights the rotten PMFresh, and First Union cottons on to Cotton On in NZ.

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Left to Right - Bill, Imogen, Feargal

This week we are joined by Imogen, who is an organiser for the United Workers Union, to talk about a potential strike at PMFresh, which supplies salads to various businesses such as Hungry Jack's or Woolworths. The strike has now been called off as all the demands were met.
We also talk to Ben, who is an organiser for First Union, to talk about the Cotton On workers' strike.

Songs played
Strawbs - Part Of The Union
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Indigenoise - Shrap
Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union
Gerry and the Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone
Tape/Off - Work Xmas Party
The Stress of Leisure - I Wanna Be Adult
Endless Summer - Full Power Happy Hour
Split Enz - I See Red
First Beige - Desire
Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty

Workers Power debut

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 3 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +1000

No guests but plenty to talk about. With action from CFMEU - Construction & General, MEAA, AMIEU Queensland Branch, Independent Education Union - Queensland & Northern Territory Branch, and a special report on lots of action from the new fighting union United Workers Union including a Scallywag looking for redemption. Our Scallywag of the week is perfect example of one rule for us and one rule for them. We also have international struggle and local events. Phew! You can see why we need 2 hours.

Songs played
The Clash - Something About England
Warumpi Band - Blackfella/Whitefella
The Mob - Speak With Me
Class War - Killin Us
Ausecuma Beats - You Never Know
Glomesh - Factory Heart
Redskins - Unionise
WAAX - FU
Adele & The Chandeliers - German On My Mind
Majestic Horses - Call You Out
Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man

Negotiating for catholic school workers, Free West Papua, and workplace injuries.

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Left to right - Feargal, Brad, Bill

Welcome to the final episode of The Workers Hour, as we are now Workers Power, and we will have a two hour show from 10-12am Tuesday. This week we are joined by Brad, the assistant secretary of the Independent Education Union, QLD and NT branch. To discuss the ongoing EBA negotiations for catholic school workers. Then we have Ash Brennan, who has been organising solidarity gigs for the Free West Papua Campaign, come to the Rockin' for West Papua gig at Banshees Bar & Artspace this Saturday at 7pm. Finally we have Ganesh from Sciaccas Lawyers to discuss how to deal with all the legalities involved when fate deals you a workplace injury.
The Internet Archive, which we use to host the recordings of this show, is running a 2 to 1 matching campaign, so any donations you make to it will be tripled. To support Workers Power, along with all the other amazing work that The Internet Archive does, consider donating.

Songs played
Roaring Jack - The Lads of the B.L.F.
Bwgcolman Mob - Time Will Tell
Doxa - Carrier
Ska-P - El Vals del Obrero
Some Jerks - A Million Girls
Roo - Malicious Delicious
The Saints - Know Your Product
Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union
Dropkick Murphys - Worker's Song
Tia Gostelow - Vague Utopia
Civil Villains - Soapbox
HEXDEBT - Loops
Midnight Oil - Kosciusko
The Dubliners - The Molly Maguires
The Chameleons - Up the Down Escalator
INXS - Mystify
David Bridie - Act of Free Choice
Last Quokka - Privilege

The legendary Bob Carnegie, the IWW, the trade unions, and climate change

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +1000

We've got another long show this week as we fill in for Echo Boom after they had their final show last week. Since Bill was off fighting for RAFFWU members we had Jaxom fill in for him.
We are joined by Bob Carnegie, former state secretary of the MUA, member of the IWW, and long-time working class activist, to discuss various topics including the IWW in the US, climate change, the state of trade unions in Australia and their future.
We also discuss solidarity unionism, and workers actions from the TWU, the ETU, the brand new UWU, and more.

Songs played
Last Quokka - Privilege
Drmngnow - Australia Does Not Exist
Billy Bragg - Joe Hill
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against The Wind
Majestic Horses - Call You Out
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows
Chakra Efendi - Morphine
Lunchtime - Deception Bay
Waax- FU
BOAT SHOW - I Don't Get It
flangipanis - Scully
The Clash - Up In Heaven
Alla Spina - Getting Nowhere
Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Hero
Birdz - Black Lives Matter
A.B. Original - 2 Black 2 Strong
Soundgarden - Blow Up The Outside World

Macca's strike and other worker's action/news.

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +1000

No guest this week so we are covering a bunch of news about workers' action in so-called Australia and around the world, including the McDonald's workers strike in London.

Songs played
Midnight Oil - Armistice Day
Jackie Brown Jr - Sauvignon Bogan
Diät - Young & Successful
The Go Set - The Miner's Son

The ETU, the lock-on laws, and a just transition.

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 5 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +1000

This week we speak to Stuart Traill, an organiser and assistant state secretary for the ETU, about the threat the new lock-on laws pose to the ETU and the union movement in general. And we talk about how we can have a just transition to renewable energy and the role that the ETU plays in that.

Songs played
Ewan MacColl - My Old Man
Indijjinus - Black Man
Billy Bragg - Which Side Are You On
Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down
flangipanis - Scully

The lock-on laws

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +1000

This week we are joined by Alexis Pink from The Pineapple Rebellion to explain the process of its creation, what it does, and to clear up some misconceptions.
We also have further updates on Deebing Creek and other worker's actions around the country.

Songs played
Kate Tempest - Europe Is Lost
Lexicon - Shame
A.B. Original - 2 Black 2 Strong
Hard-Ons - It Seems Like I've Spent Every Penny That I've Earnt Today
WAAX - Same Same

Update on Deebing Creek and report back on the rally for the right to protest

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +1000

As workers rallied in Brisbane against Qld Labor's Summary Offences and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 we were at 4ZZZ bringing you the world famous The Workers Hour.
Not only did we discuss the Bill and subsequent rally but were joined by local anarchist and IWW member Jaxom Kerlin to report back on the rally that was organised by Action Ready.
We gave an update on Deebing Creek and announced the Scallywag of the Week. We have a real doozy this week.

Songs played
Last Quokka - Nazi Scum
Dispossessed - Warpath Never Ended
The Parameters - Pig City
Midnight Oil - Read About It
The Chats - Smoko
HEXDEBT - Loops

The battle is over, but the war continues. Outcome of the O-I glass strike.

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +1000

We are joined this week by Gary Rogers, and organiser for the ETU who has been involved in the O-I glass strike that has raged on for the past 15 weeks, finally coming to and end last Friday. Gary will fill us in on the outcome of the strike and join us as we cover the workers action going on this week in Australia and around the world.

Songs played
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
Kerrianne Cox - Woman Got No History
Flangipanis - Piss In Your Beer
FriendlyFire - Unhinge and Rebel
Flatfoot 56 - Toil
Sunscreen - High Over Love

Worker Action Special

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 8 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +1000

We have no guest this week but plenty of workers action happening.
Some great news out of Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy. We also discuss action from RTBU, Australian Musicians Alliance, AMWU, CFMEU, RAFFWU, MUA, The Services Union, Together, AMIEU, and the ETU.
All this plus The Workers Hour's famous Scallywag of the week is announced.

Songs played
The Molotovs - Class Enemy
Birdz - Nations
Redgum - Killing Floor
Flangipanis - Getting By
Flangipanis - In The Bin

Organising Transport Workers

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 1 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +1000

This week, we have guest co-host, Kleon Toffetti whilst Feargal is on holidays. We also have Peter Biagini from Transport Workers Union in the studio to chat about Transport Workers action and what is involved in organising the transport industry.

We also have updates and news from: Deebing Creek, MEAA, AMWU, RAFFWU, and ETU, plus our Scallywag of the Week.

The IWW is putting on a panel discussion about the history of the IWW in Australia at the East Brisbane Bowls Club on the 27th of October. Find out more here.

Songs played
Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union
Thelma Plum - Better in Blak
Cold Chisel - Shipping Steel
The Chats - Identity Theft
WAAX - FU

The Services Union and portable long service leave

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Today on the show we were joined by The Services Union's lead organiser for social and community services workers, Justine Moran. Justine filled us in on the campaign to get portable long service leave, as well as some of the issues confronting social and community service workers in the industry.

First up though we give updates on first nations workers' actions happening across the country, in particular, the Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy, as well as the campaign to Save Deebing Creek Mission - who are holding a working bee this weekend, head on out there if you are free!

We also hear of workers actions around the country, and reveal this week's scallywag of the week!
And of course, a massive shoutout to striking O-I Glass workers of the ETU Queensland & NT, now into their 11th week on strike! Support the strike here.
And if you are eligible to join The Services Union, then head on over to their website and join your union!

Songs played
When Our Turn Comes - Climate Strike
B-Town Warriors - People of the red sunset
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Some Jerks - A million girls
Weezer - Island in the sun

The Workers Boom 2: Electric Boogaloo

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +1000

This week, we once again fill in for Cam and Roo on Echo Boom to bring you a 3 hour episode of Workers Boom 2: Electric Boogaloo.

We speak to United Voice Lead organiser Linda and Delegate Kirsty to talk about some of the issues facing Early Childhood Educators as well as the efforts being by the union to organise and fight for better pay and conditions - The Big Steps Campaign.

In the second half of the show, we discuss United Voice's endorsement and decision to actively partake in the climate strike this coming Friday, as well as why it is a union issue, and something that all workers need to act upon.

Lastly we have a suprise visit from ETU rank and file member and O-I Glass striker Jesse, who joins us as we read out this weeks workers actions, and reveal our scallywag of the week - ENCO Seventeen Mile Rocks manager, Steven James!

Songs played
Faith No More - We Care A Lot
DRMNGNOW - Australia does not exist
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
The Bennie's - My Bike
WAAX - FU
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
A. Swayze & the Ghosts - Connect to Consume
Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back
Start Together - Az Nem Várhat
Redgum - Raggin'
The Interrupters - Take Back The Power
VOIID - D.W.n.T
DZ Deathrays - Snake

The Workers Boom

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +1000

In Cam and Roos absence, Myself (Feargal) and Bill have taken over Echo Boom and brought in all our union mates to talk about industrial issues and play a few union favourites!

We are joined by: RTBU Queensland Branch assistant state secretary Tom Brown to talk about some of the issues confronting Bus Drivers; NUW organiser Isaac Avery to talk about issues facing farmers, warehouse workers, and the NUW active role in campaigning for the right to strike; and ETU organiser Gary Rogers talking to us about Asbestos silicosis.

And of course workers actions, the scallywag of the week, and upcoming events for the week.

Songs played
Billy Bragg - Power in a union
Thelma Plum - Better in black
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Waax - FU
Yeti Ghetto - New Love
Roo - Malicious Delicious
Living End - Roll On
Mode Atlanta - Song for the workers
Homeless Yellow - Nice Disease
Rage Against The Machine - Township Rebellion
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
Pink - Funhouse
Twisted Sister - We're not gonna take it
Dropkick Murphys - Worker's song

Tom and Alice from the Services Union

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Today on the show we are joined by Alice and Tom, rank and file members of the Services Union, talking the campaigns being undertaken by the union, as well as some of the issues experienced by workers in the community and social services industy.

We also discuss workers action from Australian Unions who are organising First Nation Workers Leaders and news from Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council, Updates from NTEU National Tertiary Education Union, AMWU - Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union and our comrades across the ditch at Unite Union.
We also chat solidarity with #HomeToBilo and our ETU Queensland & NT comrades on the picket line at OI-Glass.
All that plus our Scallywag of the Week. We have a flip flopper of a doozy this week.
Also breaking news from Retail and Fast Food Workers Union.

Songs played
Billy Bragg - The Internationale
Kev Carmody - From little things big things grow
Mahalia - Suprise me
Hang - The Short

APN and the fight against the cashless welfare card

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Jayden from Anti-Poverty Network QLD joins us to talk about the Raise The Rate!! Scrap The Card! rally and the struggle for a decent safety net for workers.

We will also talk about Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy and AMWU - Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union comrades great victory in the Federal court. So much more as well as the scallywag of the week - LNP candidate for Mayo, Georgina Dower!

Songs played
Crass - Do they owe us a living?
Wurrumpi Band - Sit Down Money
Sepultura - Refuse/Resist
Hearts and Rockets - Drama club
Plateau - Poor and Educated
The Chats - Bus Money

CFMEU - Here for the Blue!

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Today on the show we are joined by CFMEU union organiser Blake, and health and safety rep Hayden, both members of the CFMEU Youth Crew, talking to us about working conditions on construction sites.

Our Scallywag of the week, Scott Morrison opposing efforts to #raisetherate of Newstart, and the nomination from Hayden and Blake - foreign mining corp Glencore, who have been forced by ATO to open their books!

Plus updates on workers action being taken up by the RTBU, CPSU, Public Service Association, and Anti-Poverty Network SA (among others), to take a stand against efforts by the South Australian Liberal Party government to privatise public services.
And of course, a shout out to our Yuggera Ugarapul comrades fighting to Save Deebing Creek Mission, and our comrades in the ETU in their struggle to maintain their hard-fought for conditions at O.I. Glass South Brisbane.

Songs played
Dropkick Murphys - Worker's Song
Tia Gastelow - Vague Utopia
Her Nightmare - Class War
Rancid - Harry Bridges
The Dubliners - McAlpine's Fusiliers
Thigh Master - Mould Lines

Deebing Creek documentary and MUA action at DP World

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Today on the show we spoke to Maritime Union of Australia delegates, Craig and Matt, from DP World and Hutchinson terminals at the Port of Brisbane. We discussed the current EBA negotiations occurring at DP world, as well as got updates on conditions and struggles happening down at the port. We also talked about the solidarity efforts being taken to deepen the ties between Hutchinson dock workers in Australia and Indonesia, through affiliates of the ITF Dockers.
Once again the MUA demonstrating why they are our favourite union - leading the way in the effort to build international solidarity between workers of the west and the global south!

We Also talk to Terry Royan about the documentary he has made about about Deebing Creek mission, being screened this Saturday at Banshees Bar & Artspace in Ipswich at 6pm. Find out more at Save Deebing Creek Mission.

Songs played
Bruce Springsteen - Promised Land
Kev Carmody -Thou Shalt Not Steal
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
Roo - Malicious Delicious

Events
Radiothon Variety Show - 14th August 11am - 5pm at 4ZZZ
Deebing Creek documentary screening - 17th August 6pm at Banshees Bar
Picket to #MakeRideshareDrivingSafe - 19th August 9am - 5pm at 252 Montague Rd, West End
30yrs after Fitzgerald - Respect Inc - 21st August 1:30pm at Parliament House, Brisbane
Raise The Rate!! Scrap The Card! - 31st August 1pm - 3pm at Queens Park, Brisbane
Disgruntled Day - 7th September 2pm at Club Greenslopes

RTBU delegate mentorship program

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 6 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Today on the show we talk to RTBU rank and file member, and youth co-convenor Byron Cubit, about the delegate mentorship program he has developed for the union. We also cross over to our comrade Chris Bingham, for a live update on the Extinction Rebellion Protest in the CBD.

Updates from the CFMMEU, NUW, IEU, Together Union, HSU and AMWU.

This weeks Scallywag of the week:
Sash Japanese Sydney, in Surry Hills, directors Kyle Stagoll and Dave Nelson, who have blamed having to pay workers Award rates as the reason they went broke.

Songs played
The Pogues - Poor Paddy
Wilcannia Barkindji Soldiers - Heartbeat
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Voiid - Dipshit
Mode Atlanta - Song for the Workers

Interview with Max From Extinction Rebellion

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Today on the show we are joined by Max from Extinction Rebellion, discussing the motivations behind Extinction Rebellion, and why workers and their organisations should get behind them, and take immediate action to fight climate change.

We also give updates on actions from the CFMMEU, MUA, MEAA, QTU, NUW, RTBU, and the ETU.

This week's scallywag of the week: Head of NIB Mark Fitzgibbon, for his call to have Australia adopt an American style medical insurance system and to scrap Medicare and make private health insurance compulsory.

Songs played
Redgum - Raggin
Warumpi Band - Secret War
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not be Televised
The Chats - Identity Theft
Clearing House - Die Early

ETU workers on strike at O.I. Glass

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Today on the show, we are joined by
ETU member, Matt, one of many O.I. Glass's workers currently on strike
in response to management's attempts to cut away workplace conditions.

We also announce our new segment of the show - Scallywag of the week!
drawing light to dodgy bosses. This week's scallywag is Masterchef
judge, George Calombaris. George takes out the title after cheating
workers out of over $8 million dollars in unpaid wages

Songs played
The Medics - Griffin
Twisted Sister - We're not gonna take it
Doxa - Catharsis
Hexdebt - Covenant
The Fall - Industrial estate

Organising Musicians

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +1000

We hear from Paul from Musicians Australia and how they are organising.

We also chat about workers action from MUA, ETU, Brisbane Reclink Community Cup, Extinction Rebellion SEQ, School Strike 4 Climate, Australian Council of Social Service, MEAA plus more.

Songs played
Offa Rex - Blackleg Miner
Thelma Plum - Nick Cave
DZ Death Rays - Year of the Dog
Body Type - Stingray
Odlaw - Maida Vale

RAFFWU and the crackdown on activists

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 9 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +1000

This week on the show, Bill and Feargal are joined by Alexis Pink from Zed Digital show The Pineapple Rebellion (6-7pm Wednesday) to discuss Criminal Code (Trespass Offences) Amendment Bill 2019, which threatens to place severe penalties on people using their right to protest. And we interview Retail and Fast Food Workers Union national secretary Josh Cullinan.

Songs played
Billy Bragg - Between the wars
Nick Cave - Right now I'm a roaming
Friday Park - Stale biscuit
No fixed Address - Black man's rights
Waax - I am

Rideshare Drivers in Cooperation Queensland and Respect Inc

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 2 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +1000

In this episode Feargal is away so we are joined by Christopher Bingham. Chris interviews Ahri Tallon, an organiser for Rideshare Drivers in Cooperation Queensland, to talk about the union and organising in platform capitalism.

We also interview Janelle from Respect Inc, a sex worker advocacy organisation, to talk about organising sex workers and the DecrimQLD movement fighting against laws that put workers lives at risk.

Songs played
These New South Wales - Nerve 2 Reverse
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak
Blondie - Call Me
Dune Rats - No Plans
Interpol - Fine Mess
Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union

Bye Bye Bob

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Today in the show, we share updates from the NUW, AMWU, QTU, TWU, RTBU, UV and CFMMEU. We also pay tribute to outgoing MUA QLD branch secretary Bob Carnegie.

Bob has led the MUA in Queensland to carry on its tradition as a trailblazing union, and the most progressive in all Australia. In his time as seceetary, he has consistently taken a militant stand in defence of workers rights, indigenous land rights struggles and refugee rights. If every union official was like Bob, we would be on the cusp of a general strike that would tip Australia over the edge into a revolution!

Songs played
Vestiges - Meanjin
DRMNGNW - Ancestors
Paul Robeson - Joe Hill
Pleatu - Poor and educated
Cold Chisel - Shipping Steel

EP#3

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +1000

In this episode, Bill and I discuss union news from the Maritime Union of Australia with workers of the NRMA Fast Ferries currently on strike in Sydney, Independent Education Union celebrating 100 years, the Transport Workers Union considering industrial action in Australian airports leading up to EBA negotions, and some great union wins from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.

We also give updates on the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance/Musicians Alliance, United Voice/Hospo Voice, Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union, and the Communication Workers Union.

Songs played
Yothu Yindi - Treaty
Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Hero
The Chats - Smoko
Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
The Cutaways - In The Street

Langports College lockout

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Today on the show we were joined by Independent Education Union - Queensland & Northern Territory Branch organiser Aaron Watson, who filled us in on the lockout of teachers at Langports English College.
In our opinion, a grubby action indeed, and a clear instance of anti-union thuggery used to intimidate teachers, all because they dare asked for fair wages and respect and recognition for their work.
That aside, its incredibly heartening to hear of workers standing up to bullies to demand whats fair, not to mention the showing of solidarity being expressed from across the union movement.

And later in the show we discuss union news and workplace actions happening around the place including updates on National Union of Workers and the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union, and upcoming events.

Songs played
The Chats - Pub Feed
Kev Carmody - This Land Is Mine
Billy Bragg - The Great Leap Forward
The Saints - Swing For The Crime
Waax - I Am

First Episode

workerspower4zzz@gmail.com (4ZZZ) — Tue, 4 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +1000

Over the hour we talked to one of the Delegates of the National Union of Workers
from the chemist warehouse strike about how the strike has impacted on
the workplace culture, touched on the land rights struggle being waged
by our Yuggera Ugarapul comrades in their efforts to Save Deebing Creek Mission, and discussed union news and all manner of issues coming up from the class war!

Songs played
Roo - Malicious Delicious
Warumpi Band - Blackfella Whitefella
Thelma Plum - Better in Black
Bob Marley - Get Up, Stand Up