The music industry's touring sector took a hit when the bushfires swept through eastern Australian states in 2019.

Then the global pandemic happened.

In March 2020, for Sean and the industry, the music stopped.

Sean says that in the touring industry he often hears "of another company or another worker, who's not going to make it across the line financially or has found it, pivoted into another job and not gonna come back because they found something that's more secure, or they're just their anxiety can't cope with it working in a seasonal job anymore."

The pandemic has affected about 2 years worth of touring work already.

Music and the jobs involved in touring are seasonal, many are sole traders or casual and were left unable to access JobKeeper support from the Federal Government.

In the meantime he's taken a job in traffic management. Quite an adjustment to have a job that finishes at a specific time and he can kick his feet up at the end of the day. There's no responsibilities when he's off the clock.

But he's working on a return as a version of normal coalesces.

 

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Need help with working conditions?

Call Australian Union Support Centre - 1300 486 466

 

About the hosts

Sally Rugg, Executive director at Change.org Australia - @sallyrugg

Francis Leach, ACTU - @SaintFrankly

The music industry's touring sector took a hit when the bushfires swept through eastern Australian states in 2019.
Then the global pandemic happened.
In March 2020, for Sean and the industry, the music stopped.
Sean says that in the touring industry he often hears "of another company or another worker, who's not going to make it across the line financially or has found it, pivoted into another job and not gonna come back because they found something that's more secure, or they're just their anxiety can't cope with it working in a seasonal job anymore."
The pandemic has affected about 2 years worth of touring work already.
Music and the jobs involved in touring are seasonal, many are sole traders or casual and were left unable to access JobKeeper support from the Federal Government.
In the meantime he's taken a job in traffic management. Quite an adjustment to have a job that finishes at a specific time and he can kick his feet up at the end of the day. There's no responsibilities when he's off the clock.
But he's working on a return as a version of normal coalesces.
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<a href="https://www.onthejobpodcast.com.au/">More about On The Job podcast</a>
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Need help with working conditions?
Call <a href="https://actuonline.nationbuilder.com/">Australian Union Support Centre</a> - <a href="tel:1300486466">1300 486 466</a>
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About the hosts
Sally Rugg, Executive director at Change.org Australia - <a href="https://twitter.com/sallyrugg">@sallyrugg</a>
Francis Leach, ACTU -&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/SaintFrankly">@SaintFrankly</a>

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s about who we work with, and who we work for.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.

It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.

And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone
who listens.

Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens. Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.

Dream Job, Cash gig, career move, a job for life or the job from hell.. On the job is a here to talk to you about your working life.

On The Job

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s about who we work with, and who we work for.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.

It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.

And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone
who listens.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens.

From touring non-stop to locked down at home.

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