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Long Weekend Listening

April 07, 2021

We fought for these public holidays, and we're going to relax! Friends of Megaphone Journal and all-round good comrades Van Badham and Ben Davison are smashing it ("it" being capitalism) with their podcast, The...

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Vale George Zangalis

April 06, 2021

The red flag flies at half mast above Trades Hall, as...

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Gig Economy Workers Found to be Workers

April 05, 2021

A curious thing happens when a company purports to be a...

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Gendered Violence at Work - Unionists Speak Up

March 30, 2021

In this video, union members from all walks of life share...

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Melbourne's Green Bans

March 26, 2021

We know that union members have long campaigned for better pay...

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Kids on Gender

March 26, 2021

Nine Melbourne primary school kids call it like they see it, opening up about their experiences of gender-based discrimination and harassment.

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Nurses Strike of 1986

March 25, 2021

In 1984 nurses had voted to remove the no-strike clause from...

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Sophie Mirabella Is The Worst, but Christian Porter Wants Her on the FWC

March 23, 2021

Former Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella has been announced as Christian Porter's...

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The 888 Movement Wasn't As Dramatic As You Think

March 22, 2021

The story goes that stonemasons all over Melbourne forcefully downed tools...

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A Women’s General Strike

March 22, 2021

As a union official and a feminist, rarely a week goes...

Industrial | Women

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Commonwealth Bank Are Unrepentant Wage Thieves

March 22, 2021

What a horrible thing to say! We here at Megaphone Journal certainly aren't saying it. But it's been said. It's there. Commonwealth Bank are unrepentant wage thieves. ...is the thing that has been...

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Lessons from the Cleanstart Campaign

March 22, 2021

From an organiser's written statement: I deny that I said "Consolidated...

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Two Plebiscites, Alike in Indignity

March 19, 2021

In the foyer of Trades Hall, when you walk in from...

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