Somtimes radio producer and trainer @3CR @EarthMRadio. Public libraries and union organising.
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The wonderful @ChangeCommons have published the work I did for @ASUnion on organising for climate safe workplaces.
With 2023 the hottest year on record we'll need a hot union summer of OHS activism.
https://t.co/or35CYMPcQ
On this day 2 July 2021, staff at Geelong Regional Libraries staged the first strike in Australian history for paid gender transition leave. After two further strikes, including a 24-hour stoppage that shut down half of Geelong's libraries, they won their demands in full.
Our latest podcast episode is LIVE! Tune in below to hear how Turkish socialists built thriving working class institutions in Melbourne which organised strikes, education, mutual aid, theatre groups, sports clubs and a huge range of social activities.
https://t.co/xKc7zg5tfW
Learning together: 4 principles for digital literacy learning in libraries.
My offering and provocation for libraries to better serve our communities.
Thanks @VALAlib for having me. #VALA2022#s20
https://t.co/ZL7ZmpGO1R
I'm dreadful at self promotion, but this is me talking about digital literacy in libraries next Thursday at VALA conf.
Please come say hi, ask questions, voice your disagreement.
#vala2022#s20
https://t.co/ZL7ZmpGO1R
Tonight! A hyper local discussion of the social and political currents that have shaped live music on High St Northcote/Thornbury/Preston.
I'll be speaking with the ever knowledge Iain McIntyre
https://t.co/NtGLB1n57h
Today's data vividly confirms that a lower unemployment rate, on its own, will not solve Australia's wages crisis. Real wages are falling rapidly, despite a supposed labour 'shortage'. This proves it's institutions and policy that are critical to wage determination. /4
Episode 10 of our podcast is LIVE! Tune in for the epic story of unionism in the Pilbara, where a non-union industry was transformed in the 60s and 70s into a militant union stronghold, and where in the late 80s and 90s unionism was utterly annihilated.
https://t.co/k9K2KvqnKI
โWe were essential throughout the pandemic, providing essential services to our community, but now, weโre expendableโ
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us yesterday, demanding that Moreland Council workers deserve fair pay and conditions, not just platitudes.
Scores of @morelandcouncil workers rallied outside the #Brunswick Town Hall building on Wednesday afternoon following a major escalation of a long-running pay dispute.https://t.co/LxAEtirv3Y
I was proud to strike and walk off the job arm-in-arm with my brave coworkers yesterday.
It was the first time for many of us. But once we took that step there was no holding back our enthusiasm and anger.
Workers produce all wealth, nothing is too good for the working class โ