Radio Stingray - Maritime Workers Podcast
Radio Stingray - Maritime Workers Podcast
Radio Stingray is a monthly podcast brought to you by the Maritime Union of Australia Sydney Branch. It continues the legacy of generations of maritime workers communicating with each other using the latest platforms. The podcast is designed to be entertaining and informative with industrial rounds, reports by Officials and rank and filers, campaign updates, upcoming events, and special features…Follow the podcast:
Wage Theft
On this episode of Radio Stingray, we’re discussing wage theft, focusing on the nature of it and the various ways in which it influences a number of industries within the Australian workforce. On today's show we are joined by Tim Nelthorpe, from the National Union of Workers, Victoria (NUW), an…
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Marginal Seats, Seafarers and (Democracy) Sausages - MUA Election Special
The Australian unions have been going hammer and tongs to try and get Scomo sacked, and the MUA is no exception. Get under the bonnet of the MUA's election strategy with Sydney Branch Assistant Secretary Paul Garret, and National Women’s Officer (and ALP National Junior Vice President) Michelle Mye…
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May Day - International Workers Day
This year thousands of construction, maritime and manufacturing workers in Sydney are walking off the job on International Workers Day – Mayday - to join a massive demonstration of working class power and politics. This is the first time in decades since unions have broken-free of concerns about ‘…
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Liverpool Dockers Visit Australia
Did you know that immediately before being used to attack the MUA in the 98 Patricks dispute, the same management consultants were used to smash the Liverpool dockers? Sadly in Liverpool, the bastards had more luck. All the way from the UK Radio Stingray has Liverpool dockers Tony Nelson and John…
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The Fight for Australian Seafarers: Part 2
MUA seafarers have been getting systematically sacked around the Australian coast due to the actions of successive conservative national governments. A series of government decisions has created the possibility for shipping lines to fire their MUA workforce, and employ en masse non-union workers t…
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The fight for the future of union seafaring in Australia: Part 1.
The shipping industry and conservative governments have been systematically manipulating laws so that bosses can fire their MUA seafarers, and directly employ non-union seafarers from south-east Asia. These seafarers are forced by the extreme poverty characterising the region to take these jobs, w…
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Macca Gets Nicked!
In this episode of Radio Stingray we hear about MUA Sydney Branch Secretary Paul McAleer getting dragged off by the riot cops at Port Botany. Also: a notoriously conservative industry think tank has released a report stating that contrary to popular belief, automation is costing port operators mo…
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MUA Veterans - Wharfies Tales
Christmas has arrived at Radio Stingray! Have a listen to some legends of the waterfront, the MUA veterans Jim Donovan, Glen Wood, Bob Lee and Bill Giddens telling some tall tales of the old times. Nicknames, light fingers, bosses getting one on the nose, and of course the infamous hungry mile. …
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UGL/ESSO Dispute - From the Picket Line
In this episode of Radio Stingray, Sydney Branch Organisor Shane Reside and MUA Veterans Rep Bob Lee visit the picket line in Longford Victoria where workers have been locked out for in excess of 530 days. We talk to AWU members Wayne Smit and Peter Vickers to discuss the underhanded tactics used …
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From Sydney to Karachi and back again. The fight for waterfront safety has gone global.
The Sydney Branch of the MUA has put waterfront safety organising front and centre. New structures at the port, a safety offensive and a regional pact with wharfies in Pakistan and Jakarta are just a taste of the fight to come. In this episode of Radio Stingray we're joined by special guests Rio …
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