The Right to Strike - Rights Rorts and Rants

Rights, Rorts and Rants presented by Blue Mountains Unions & Community via Radio Blue Mountains community radio on 11th April 2019. Rights, Rorts and Rants, where you can find out about your rights, how they're rorted and we rant about what you can do to stand up for your rights. We also report on issues of local importance. Tune in on 89.1FM or stream on https://www.rbm.org.au/. Tonight on Rights, Rorts and Rants we hear about attacks on our right to withdraw our labour and hear some views on how we can change the rules and restore that right. Alex Claassens, NSW Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union, speaking at a Politics in the Pub in August last year gives us the background of the industrial action by rail workers that was suspended by the Fair Work Commission. In February this year Erima Dall from the Right to Strike campaign spoke at another Politics in the Pub "Change the Rules" about the right to strike. Tonight we feature an interview with Erima by Fran Dyson on her views on how we ensure those rights are restored after the election - even if Labor win. And Trish Doyle, Member for Blue Mountains in the NSW Parliament and Vice President of BMUC, delivers a report RTBU Industrial Officer Imogen Szumer wrote for us for the August Politics in the Pub. And, in the interests of "balance" we also have a special guest, a Gladys fan and "supporter" of the Berejiklian Government. (satire alert) Blue Mountains Unions & Community stand for social justice, workers, full employment, equality and the environment. To connect with Blue Mountains Unions & Community via our websites, blog or social media go to http://l.ead.me/bmuc