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Every Thursday evening from 6 pm - 7 pm
"Your Rights At Night" (Worth Listening to) radio show is on Radio Adelaide 101.5FM.
Missed a show or can’t listen on Thursday nights? You can download the show and listen whenever you like by clicking on the button and then select the show date you wish to listen to.
 

SA Unions has hit the airwaves with the coolest union radio program in South Australia!

                           

 

 

Each week our dynamic team of presenters pack the one hour program with information about your rights at work, and other social issues. We let you know about the laws that cover you at work - your right to fair pay, to fair conditions, to a safe work place, and to fair compensation if you are injured at work.  We let you know how you can make sure you are treated right.

We also feature great music, including local bands and gigs, and updates of what's happening in and around Adelaide.

Smart and sassy, it's activist media at its best.

 

Definitely worth listening to!

Tune in to Your Rights at Night Thursday Nights @ 6.00 pm on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM or you can listen online at http://www.radio.adelaide.edu.au/listenonline/

Tune In - On Interviews

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Past Interviews

Worth Fighting for - Inside the Your Rights at Work Campaign
Catherine Zengerer spoke to Kathie Muir about her new book, Worth Fighting For - Inside your rights at work campaign.  click here >> for more information

Paid Maternity Leave Campaign
Darryl Bullen speaks to Anne Levy about the Campaign for Paid Maternity leave.

Cleaning Rally - LHMU
Kane Hicks attends the Cleaning Rally outside Myers and interviewed protesting cleaners and Chris Field from the LHMU.

ABC Childcare Workers and Families
Maxine Winkley speaks to Tony Snelson from the Childcare Union about the future for ABC childcare workers and families.

How the New US President will Help American Workers
Daryl Bullen and Catherine Zengerer talk to Democrat Campaign Volunteer, David Beckwith.

Compulsory Voting
Ewart Shaw talks to Adelaide Uni’s Susan Hill about whether Compulsory voting still works. 

Telstra Workers Set to Strike
Catherine Zengerer talks to Bert Blackburn, Assistant Secretary of the CEPU Communications Division (Telstra Union) about why their workers are set to take industrial action.

Wake Up Woolworths
Kane Hicks talks to the Forestry Union about their campaign to stop Woolworths importing and selling products made by Asian Pulp and Paper – a company with a reputation for destroying the forest habitat of the Sumatran Tiger.

Teachers Rally - 30/10/08
YR@N Roving Reporters Daryl Bullen and Kane Hicks hit the Teachers Rally at Parliament House on Thursday 30 Oct 2008.

Michael Franti
Michelle Smith in conversation with Michael Franti, singer, songwriter and political activist.


Living Low Paid
Living Low Paid - The Dark Side of Prosperous Australia"' is a new book by Helen Mastermann-Smith and Professor Barbara Pocock.  It offers a biting account of Australia’s growing underbelly and is vital reading for anyone who cares about where Australia is heading.

 

Catherine Zengerer went along to the book’s launch.

Cleaners Anti–Poverty Day
Friday 17 October was International Anti-poverty Day and the Cleaners Union – the LHMU – was celebrating a deal with a major cleaning company in Adelaide. YR@N Roving Reporter, Daryl Bullen was there.

Cleaners in the Mall
After signing the deal, Cleaners went down to Beehive Corner in Rundle Mall to let Adelaide know about the campaign to lift cleaners out of poverty. YR@N Roving Reporter, Jake Wishart, was there.

Finance Sector Union on the Global Crisis
With the global financial crisis starting to hit home, The Finance Sector Union is calling on the government to implement a Charter of Responsible Lending.  Jake Wishart spoke to Leanne Shingle, Acting Director of Policy and Communications at the Finance Sector Union, to find out more.

CFMEU - Women in Forestry
The Forestry Union has been working with Timber Communities Australia and the Dept of Employment and Workplace Relations and Forest Works to find out why women either choose to work in the Forestry Industry… or not. Daryl Bullen and Jake Wishart caught up with Secretary of the Forestry Union in SA (CFMEU Forestry Division), DAVE KIRNER, to find out more. They asked him how many women are in the industry right now.

Teachers Dispute
On Thursday 7th August Your Rights at Night interviewed teacher and Sub-branch Secretary Lara Kelly and Principal Graham Wood about what it was like for them to participate in the AEU's recent industrial action and what response they are hoping for from the SA government.

Helping Young People Understand their Rights at Work
On July 23 Daryl Bullen attended a forum for young workers run by Safework SA to get input from young workers on designing a new website aimed at helping young people understand their rights at work.


ABBC - How does it affect Construction Workers?

The Australian Building and Construction Commission or ABBC was established by the Howard Govt in 2005 in response to the Cole Royal Commission into corruption in the building industry. Catherine Zengerer investigates the history of the ABCC, talks to a union delegate to find out how workers in the construction industry are affected by the laws that apply only to workers in that industry, and to ACTU Secretary, Jeff Lawrence, to find out what the ACTU's response is to the ALP's position that the ABCC will remain in force until at least 2010.


What's it Like for Child Protection Workers?
We've all been horrified by the stories of children living in squalor being neglected by their families. The question being asked around the country at the moment is "Why is this happening and what can we do to help?". Working on the front -line in cases like this is tough. Catherine Zengerer spoke to General Secretary of the Public Service Association, Jan McMahon, to find out what it's like for child protection workers.

NT Intervention - 12 Months On
We have at last had a national apology to the stolen generations and its 12 months since the Northern Territory intervention.  What can we do now to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in our nation?

SA Unions hosted a forum on Monday 16 June to discuss this issue with local and national high profile Aboriginal speakers and a chance for questions and discussion.  Daryl Bullen was there. (part one)

Injured Nurses - Dealing with WorkCover
No-one wants to be injured at work.  Daryl Bullen talks to three nurses who have been injured to find out their stories and their experiences with the WorkCover Scheme as well as how changes to the scheme which cut injured workers pay will impact on them.

WorkCover Protests - 5/6/2008
Your Rights at Night reporter John Briggs was at the protests against changes to WorkCover outside Mike Rann's office.

How do our Working Patterns Affect our Health and the Health of Our Kids?
Catherine Zengerer talks to Professor Barb Pocock, Director of the Centre for Work and Life at UniSA.

APHEDA Visitors from Vietnam and East Timor - 5/6/08
In honour of the late Terri Daktyl, SA Unions hosted the Inaugural APHEDA Union Aid Abroad Fundraising Dinner at the Sunflower Vietnamese Restaurant on May 31st 2008. Speaking at the dinner were two of the Union Aid Abroad Project Managers from Vietnam and East Timor.
Hang Thi Le Hang, from Vietnam and Elisabeth de Araujo from East Timor were brought to Australia to raise awareness of the projects they are running in their respective countries. Catherine Zengerer caught up with them before the dinner. "

National Reconciliation Week
"National Reconciliation Week is May 27 to June 3. Catherine Zengerer caught up with Indigenous activist, CPSU member and Singer/Songwriter AJ Davis from Nunga Reggae band Kineman Karma" www.myspace.com/kinemankarma
 
 
Cleanstart Campaign
"The Cleaners Union take their campaign to the streets of Adelaide 27 May 2008. 
Daryl Bullen caught up with the latest from the Cleanstart campaign."

ACTU Indigenous Conference
Stand up for Indigenous Rights" - was the theme for the ACTU Indigenous conference held in Adelaide on the 19th and 20th May 2008. Daryl Bullen was there.


May Day 2008
This year's theme for Mayday was defending injured workers from the Rann government's plans to attack our WorkCover scheme. Daryl Bullen was at the rally on May 3, 2008.

YR@N's tribute to LHMU Organiser Terri Daktyl, tragically killed on 25th March 2008

WorkCover Under Threat
The South Australian workers compensation scheme is under threat with the state government threatening to cut injured workers payments to address WorkCover’s $800 million unfunded liability. Some ALP and Greens members are standing up for injured workers rights and union members rallied on the steps of Parliament House on Tuesday 1st April. Catherine Zengerer asked Greens MP Mark Parnell how the WorkCover Scheme  got in such a mess and what the issues are that workers are concerned about.

click here for past interviews

If you have any issues you wish to be discussed contact Catherine Zengerer at SA Unions - czengerer@saunions.org.au
   

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What's On in Adelaide

Your Rights at Work - One Year Party
Sunday 23 November : a party to celebrate the achievements of the YRAW Campaign.  Come and have a barbie,  a drink and dance from 2.00 pm at the Semaphore Workers Club, Esplanade, Semaphore.

Asbestos Awareness Day
Friday 28 November, Remember Jack Watkins.  7.30 am breakfast at Jack Watkins Park, Churchill Road, Kilburn.  Formal Asbestos Awareness Day Ceremony at 1.00 am, Pitman Park at Salisbury.   

Calling all Aboriginal Union and Community Members and their Supporters
Wednesday 26 November - 7.00 pm, SA Unions, 46 Greenhill Road, Wavyille. 
Come and hear a report back on the situation in relation to the NT intervention and hear from the recent union delegation to the APY lands.

Paid Maternity Leave – Deliver the Postcards, Deliver the Leave! Tuesday 16 December at 11.30am - Push for the next federal budget!   We will be delivering postcards to our federal Members of Parliament in a big pram - put it in your diaries, more details to follow.

Inside the Your Rights at Work Campaign
This book by Kathie Muir  tells the story of the ACTU’s ‘Your Rights at Work’ campaign against Work Choices, the largest, most expensive and most sophisticated political campaign ever mounted in Australia, and one with a decisive impact on the 2007 federal election.

Also available from SA Unions $34.95 (plus postage)


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