The social stigma attached to menstruation and menopause often means workers are enduring the pain of normal bodily functions in silence.

We chat to Ann-Marie Allan from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and Kate Marshall from the Health And Community Services Union about how reproductive leave can help ease some of that pain.

Keen to have reproductive leave at your workplace? Get things kickstarted by joining your union.

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Since it arrived on our streets over a decade ago, Uber has prided itself on being a "disrupter" with little regard for convention.

At the heart of their business model is a fanatical commitment to upend the employer/employee relationship and create a new army of sole contractors working on their tech platform with Uber having no responsibility for them, and with drivers having no rights and entitlements.

This high-tech exploitation has made it a massive company that has caused controversy wherever it goes.

In July of 2022 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) dropped a trove of documents and emails from Uber's inner sanctum that reveal how the company was able to curry favour with governments and institutions around the world to achieve its aims.

The Uber Files are a stunning insight into how Uber inveigled their way into the realm of prime ministers, presidents, bureaucrats and power brokers to get things done. 

Fergus Shiel is the Managing Editor of the ICIJ. He oversaw the Uber Files project.

Fergus joined us on the line from his home in Washington DC to discuss the contents of the Uber Files and their implication.

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The promise of the Australian Dream is that you should be able to work one decent, secure job and earn enough pay to put a roof over your head, support your family and thrive.

That all seems like a pipe dream in the current climate, where insecure work, no entitlements, climbing inflation, and a housing squeeze means that hard-working Australians are driven to the margins.

Many of them are turning to organisations like Foodbank to help them make ends meet.

Foodbank is Australia’s largest food relief organisation, operating on a scale that makes it crucial to the work of the front-line charities who are feeding vulnerable Australians.

Foodbank provides more than 70% of the food rescued for food relief organisations nationwide.

Matt Tilley is acting of CEO at Foodbank in Victoria.

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At the time, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk was launching a hostile takeover bid for one of the world's biggest and most influential social media platforms, Twitter.

At the same time, the Tesla founder has been playing footsy with the libertarian/alt-right, blabbing on about freedom of speech, and promising to unleash the dogs of hate speech and misinformation back onto the platform.

Now had did that all turn out for the man who was then, the world's richest man?

Is it healthy that one individual can amass such outsized wealth and influence whilst tens of millions of people struggle to make a living?

What is the danger that the billionaire class poses to the health of our society?

John L. Campbell is a sociologist and economist at Dartmouth University in New Hampshire in the United States.

He's been writing about these very issues. 

John joined me on the pod to discuss.

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Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz is one of the world's great thinkers. Professor Stiglitz won the 2001 Nobel Prize for his ground-breaking work in economics.

Professor Stiglitz's work in pushing back against neo-liberal free market economic models and arguing for the importance of empowering workers and unions to build a more equitable economy is revered.

He served as an advisor in the Clinton White House, holds a professorship at Columbia University, and was the first person the Greek government called for help when it faced a financial meltdown in 2010.

He was is in Australia in July of 2022 to talk with Unions, workers, and the newly elected Labor government, and he joined me in conversation.

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Zac Smith is the Acting National Secretary of the CFMEU. He's our guest on this week's pod to discuss silicosis, and what Unions are doing to stop it. 

The cruel punishment suffered by workers because of asbestos exposure lives long in the memory of the Union movement.

Now, there is another airborne scourge in many workplaces that needs to be eliminated.
Silicosis is a deadly disease caused by exposure to Silica dust, which is prevalent in the types of Engineered stone common in Australian homes and industries.

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On this week's edition of "On the Job", Emma Hartley and Kleo Cruse from ACTU HQ tell us about the bosses latest trick - "Woke-Washing."

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Australian Unions have spent a decade campaigning for a fairer deal when it comes to our workplace laws, and the Albanese government has started the work of repairing our broken system with this legislation.

The Secretary of the ACTU, Sally McManus is my guest this week discussing the implications of these new laws.

Also, we're joined by Jamie Newlyn, Assistant Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, to discuss the attempt by a big international shipping company to shut down Australia's port and lock out its workforce.

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Yet, employer and business groups are sharpening their attacks on Labor’s plan to get wages moving with its “Secure Jobs Better Pay” industrial relations legislation.

Richard Denniss is the Chief Economist with the Independent think tank, The Australia Institute. 

He’s not fooled by the bleating bosses. He joins us once again on the pod to talk about the silent crisis they don’t want you to know about - The Profit Crisis.

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For others though, this World Cup has become as much about human rights and workers safety and freedom from exploitation as it is about the scores and results.

On this week's pod, I take a deep dive into the issue of workers and human rights in Qatar.

Have reforms made it ok to play the world's greatest sporting event in that country?

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Read Dr Tony Ward's Aussie Rules rules thanks to the eight-hour working day

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Read the ACTU's full statement on the climate bill here
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That was the case again last week in federal parliament, when the Albanese Labor government introduced its landmark Paid Domestic and Family Violence Leave legislation.

For over a decade, Unions and advocates have been campaigning for this legislation which would see women and men who need to escape violent and abusive personal circumstances able to access paid leave in order to take action to protect themselves and their families.

People will no longer be forced to make the dreadful choice between seeking shelter, visiting a doctor or going to the police and losing hours at work and the income that they need. In these crucial days and moments when they need help, they can seek it without being penalised.

It is a change that will save lives.

On today's podcast, Francis speaks with two people who have worked tirelessly on behalf of their members for this watershed legislation, the first of its kind anywhere in the world.

Julia Angrisano is the National Secretary of the Financial Services Union (FSU).  Lisa Darmanin is the branch Secretary for Victoria and Tasmania for the Australian Services Union (ASU). They're our guests this week.

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Read more about Professor Stiglitz here

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Read Lech Blaine's latest essay Teal and loathing: On the campaign trail

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And Pumpkin the tabby cat is here to give his two bobs worth as well!

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Click here to visit The Australia Institute online

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We here at 'On the Job' know that's daft. An economy without workers is nothing. 

That's what this weeks' podcast is all about.

We're joined in discussion by the Director of the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute, Dr. Jim Stanford, Dr. Fiona Macdonald, Policy Director, Social and Industrial with the Centre for Future Work, and Dr. Mark Dean, the Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Carmichael Centre, to talk about economics for workers.

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Peter is here to give us all a crash course in what Super is and why it makes good sense to get yours sorted.

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Lech wrote a superb Quarterly Essay in 2021 called "Top Blokes" that looked at the shifting sands of Australian political culture and whether workers think about politics the same way political junkies like you and I (well if you've read this far, you qualify!), do.

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Read more from Hamilton Nolan: The New York Times is a reminder: good liberals often oppose unions

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Read more from Jim Stanford: Healthy humans drive the economy: we’re now witnessing one of the worst public policy failures in Australia’s history

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Later that year, Mandela arrived in Melbourne, Australia, a part of his global tour to thank those who had supported the ANC in its fight against Apartheid.

Australia's Unions were amongst the first organisations to recognise and support the ANC's struggle, and Mandela never forgot it.

This speech delivered by Mandela at the Melbourne Town Hall on the 25th of October, 1990, is a special moment in the history of the Australian Union movement.

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Read more from Brett Evans
From the Ludlow Massacre to the Nobel Prize

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Read more from James Button:

• The educational divide that threatens to split the left
• Cancel culture: It’s complicated

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It's fantastical, dystopian, paranoid fantasies about Hilary Clinton, pedophile rings, ritual sacrifice and all sorts of other mind bending nonsense would be funny - if it weren't so serious.

In her new book "Qanon and On", journalist, playwright, and activist Van Badham goes down the rabbit hole of this internet cult and discovers it's a lot closer to all of us than we think.

Van is our guest on this week's edition of "On the Job".

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• If you or someone you know needs help or advice - https://www.1800respect.org.au/
  
  https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/subjects/family-and-domestic-violence

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Nurses are working in some of the toughest conditions thanks to Covid-19.

Demaning hours, full personal protective equipement for entire shifts that makes it hard to even have a sip of water, the emotional handholding of patients that can't be visited by their family and the personal toll outside of the job.

In two parts this episode; the frontline from nurse Steven Zorgios working in southern and western Sydney makes the experience real with his stories of day in day out conditions in the hospital, then Shaye Candish at the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association dives into the content of the calls they receive from their members.

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Vaccinations are Australia’s pathway out of lockdowns - Australianunions.org.au/getvaxxed

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As Australia finds itself in an arm wrestle to halt the march of COVID19 infections that are ravages communities across the country, cleaners are putting themselves at risk on a daily basis to help stop the spread.

It's tough, relentless, demanding and vital work. On todays pod, we meet one such cleaner, Arou Akot.

Arou cleans schools in Sydney's western suburbs where the virus is running rampant. His work has had a major impact on his health.

We also meet Alex Morales, an organiser with the United Workers Union. Alex represents thousands of cleaners across Sydney who are vital to the fight against COVID19, but who are also putting themselves on the line every time they go to work.

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On this week's podcast, you'll hear from Senior Legal Officer from the UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Jan de Boer and the IMO's Director, Hieke Deggim.
We also check in with Ian Bray from the International Transport Federation (ITF) about the situation in Australian waters.

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After the recent attack on worker's superannuation savings by the Liberal Government, its getting harder and harder for most working Australians to say yes to that question.

ACTU President Michele O'Neil joins Francis and Sally to discuss the latest changes to superannuation savings, and how it will impact how much money you'll have when you want to quit work for good.

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Sam Connor is the President of People With a Disability Australia (PWDA). Her organisation is committed to building pathways and opportunities for people with disabilities to participate fully in the workforce and the wider community.

On this week's pod, Francis chats with Sam about the challenges people with disabilities have faced during the pandemic, and how that has impacted their working lives.

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As Australia's Labor Treasurer during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) , Wayne Swan did exactly that. Swan guided Australia through the GFC as other major economies around the world suffered disastrous recession, job loss and social unrest.

These days, Wayne Swan is a retired parliamentarian and President of The Australian Labor Party.  Francis paid a visit to Wayne Swan's Brisbane home and sat down with him to discuss the current state of the Australian economy, the future of work and how a future with decent secure jobs in a carbon neutral economy is in our hands.

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These days, it can also be a life full of low-paying gigs or no-paying gigs, having your work ripped off and plagiarised and dealing with employers who think they are doing you a favour by letting you work for them.

So is it still worth the effort? Can you still make a go of working as a freelancer without going made - or going broke?

Ginger Gorman reckons you can. Ginger is a successful freelance social justice journalist and the author of the book "Troll Hunting". She's been underpaid, overworked, plagiarised and patronised - but she's still out there kicking against the pricks and making it work for herself.

Ginger joins Francis and Sally to discuss the pitfalls and pleasures of the freelance life.

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Sadly, for many Australians, this is an all too familiar experience.

ACTU Assistant Secretary, Liam O’Brien, is part of a coalition of experts leading the charge to change Work, Health and Safety laws across Australia to protect the mental health of all workers.

Liam joins Francis and Sally to talk about why mental health matters, and what needs to change.

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Misha Zelinsky is National Assistant Secretary at the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and he is a guest this week. He’s been writing recently about the importance of Labor and the union movement realigning its relationship with working Australians.

Professor Sara Charlesworth from RMIT is also on the pod. She is an expert Work, Gender & Regulations and talks to us about why its vital the government move quickly to enact the recommendations of the recent Respect at Work Report.

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Also, do you know if the clothes you own have been ethically made? Angela Bell from Ethical Clothing Australia joins us to talk about the new online map that helps people find ethical threads! 

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