Stick Together

Australia's only national radio show focusing on industrial, social and workplace issues. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

  • United workers Union: Members first
    Stick Together is a half-hour weekly show about workers rights and current affairs. Stick Together features interviews with workers, unionists, community campaigners and academics from right across Australia. In this week's episode we bring you union news from around the country and speak to early education delegate and United workers union members first delegate Nicki about the upcoming union election.
    14 April 2026, 10:30 pm
  • Grassy Plains Network
    In this episode we begin the episode with a great chat with Dr Adrian Marshall from the Grassy Plains Network. We hear the shocking stat 0.56% of Native Grasslands left in Victoria, and that's likely an OVER ESTIMATE! Learn about one of the major contributing factors to their decline which is agencies and corporations wrecking havoc on these sites even when they are responsible for their care and how there is a workforce waiting in things ready to help... they just need jobs.grassyplains.net.au/
    8 April 2026, 9:30 pm
  • Public Education Strike in Victoria
    Tuesday 24th of March saw the biggest 24 hour stoppage by educational staff in Victorian public schools in history. Represented by the AEU, 98% of members voted yes to the stoppage. The AEU is an industry based union and the members include Education Support Staff, Teachers and Principals. 40,000 educators and their allies took to the streets and raised their voices for a better deal.
    31 March 2026, 9:30 pm
  • War
    This episode examines how war and militarism shape workers’ lives and labour struggles: DP World’s AI automation push threatens over 1,000 skilled port jobs while shifting control of critical supply‑chain infrastructure offshore; Australia’s fuel insecurity—hollowed refineries and a depleted tanker fleet—exposes us to global choke points and the fallout of foreign military campaigns; Victoria’s education strike highlights domestic austerity and the costs borne by public services. Feature: a translated excerpt from USB’s webinar “War on Women: The Price of Rearmament,” linking rearmament, gendered harms and union resistance.
    24 March 2026, 9:30 pm
  • Palestine is a country not a war
    On this week's episode of stick together host James brings you Union news from across the country. And we chat with Jewish Australian activist James Crafti who recently travelled to Palestine to connect with activists there. 
    17 March 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 2 Celebrations: Labour Day & IWWD
    In an attempt to undermine the collective amnesia of the working class of it's own history first up we hear from Sean Scalmer here at the launch of his book A Fair Day's Work: The Quest to Win Back Time and follow up with voices of working women at the Melbourne International Working Women's Day Rally here this year. 
    10 March 2026, 9:30 pm
  • Neighbourhood Houses Funding Battle | Melbourne and Geelong Strategic Assessments More Green Washing?
    In this episode of Stick Together, listen to interviews and speeches from Neighbourhood Houses Victoria's recent rally to raise much needed funds for staff and operations. Following that report learn about the Geelong and Melbourne Strategic assessments. Are they a sign of change in industries working in green spaces or more the same green washing?Neighbourhood Houses Victoria - https://www.nhvic.org.au/post/keep-our-doors-open-campaignGreen Left Article - https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1422/news/community-pushes-back-geelong-council-wages-war-first-nations-communitiesGeelong Defence Alliance - https://geelonganarchists.org/2023/05/04/the-geelong-defence-alliance-local-government-and-the-war-industry/Melbourne Strategic Assessment Review - www.researchgate.net/publication/369932255_Evaluating_the_Melbourne_Strategic_Assessment-Elegant_on_process_currently_failing_on_implementation
    10 March 2026, 9:30 pm
  • Dock Workers Don't Work For War
    In this weeks episode we hear the translations of the statements that were given by members of the USB and CALP among others at the national assembly that was held on the 23rd of January in Genova in support of the then upcoming internationa strike against the drive to war that happened on the 6th of Febuary and the ongoing campaign for the working class to oppose capitalist war. 
    24 February 2026, 9:30 pm
  • United Workers Union fights for members first
    Stick Together is a half-hour weekly show about workers rights and current affairs. This week's episode of stick together brigs you union news ad a live recording of the 'members first' campaign launch for the election at the United workers union. 
    17 February 2026, 9:30 pm
  • Worker Story: Gardening and Landscaping Industry issues with
    In this episode of Stick Together Amy shares her experiences and thoughts about gardening and landscaping. This is the beginning of an ongoing project of hers to call out worker and environmental issues in industries that are supposedly doing Earth Care. Examples of industires include, gardening and landscaping, aboriculture, horticulture, conservation and so on.If you are interested in sharing your experiences in these sorts of industries or have some wins to celebrate then email us at [email protected] or call the station at 03 94198377. 
    10 February 2026, 9:30 pm
  • The Fight For The Future Of AI
    This week on Stick Together we explore the emmergence of AI and its increasing impacts on workers in Australia. Headlines:Resignation of CFMEU's National Secretary and Victorian Executive Officer, Zach Smith on 21/01/26Australian nurses and midwives federation’s South Australia (ANMF SA) branch will be marching in response to the state government’s failure to provide a response to ongoing public sector Enterprise Agreement negotions Work place fatality on farm in Beech Forest  Guests:ACTU Assistant Secretary Joseph Mitchell, discussing the important role unions will play in mitigating the risks posed by AIMaritime Union of Australia (MUA) Assistant National Secretary Jake Field, discussing the MUA's ongoing campaign against DP world's attempts to automate Australian ports  
    3 February 2026, 9:30 pm
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