In this episode Jon (@jonpiccini) and Dave (@withsobersenses) talk about the recent cuts to penalty rates by the Fair Work Commission . We dismiss the idea that this attack is actual just a product of ‘the Right’; rather it is a continuation of the 100+ year tradition of arbitration supported by the ALP and the mainstream of the ACTU in the context of the real contradictions of capital accumulation. We discuss the movement against penalty rate cut as well as the Big Steps walk off of early childcare educators and the challenges the class faces to recomposing our power and secure emancipation.
Stuff we mention includes
Mazel Tov Cocktail podcast
Fair Work Commission 4 yearly review of modern awards – Penalty Rates
Elizabeth Humphrys, ‘Australia Under The Accord (1983-1996)’
A Fiery Defence Of Sally McManus: Thank Civil Disobedience For The Gains Of Today
The problem with ‘Join your union’
In Defense Of The “Apex Gang”
Insights into Low Wage Growth in Australia
Top industrial judge resigns in disgust over 'biased' system
Music by Barrett Strong
Living The Dream After the End of the Albanese Hegemony
Shameless Plug
Living The Dream After White Australia Episode 4: The White Possessive
Living The Dream whilst Leaving 2021
Living The Dream with Anarchy and its Allies
Living The Dream After White Australia EP3: White Nation
Living The Dream After White Australia Ep2: A New Britannia
Living The Dream After White Australia Part 1
Living The Dream with Full Employment
Living The Dream with a Climate Emergency, COVID-19 and The Australian State
Living The Dream with a Workers’ Plan To Survive Covid-19 Crisis
Living The Dream in the time of COVID-19
Living The Dream with COVID-19 and a Recession
Living The Dream against anti-Chinese Racism
Living The Dream with a Green New Deal
Living the Dream with ScoMo
Living The Dream during #Ausvotes2019
Living The Dream with Acid Communism and/or Acid Corbynism
Living the Dream at Deebing Creek
Living the Dream with the Struggle to Decriminalise Sex Work
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