Workers Power seeks to build the culture of trade unionism and solidarity by giving a platform to trade unions and workers to talk about the struggles in their workplace, as well as events and struggles outside the workplace that they are involved in.
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This week, in our first hour, we talk to Alyssa from the UQU, the UQ student union, about what they do to fight for students, and the fight they are currently in to defend themselves from UQ who are threatening to cut their funding. Join their protest against it tomorrow 26 August at 12pm in the Great Court and go follow them on Instagram to find out more information and follow the campaign.
In our second hour, we talk to Jeff Rickertt from the Brisbane Labour History Association about the 1976 general strike by Australian unions to save Medibank, the precursor to Medicare, and the lessons unionists today can take from the fight.