News from the working class - We Are Union VTHC

Finding the Humour in Farm Work

April 08, 2021

“Can you imagine? Fifty workers, one bathroom. Fifty buttholes, one bathroom. Can you imagine? So gross.” We lost count of how many times Takashi Wakasugi used the phrases “Can you imagine?” and “So...

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Long Weekend Listening

April 07, 2021

We fought for these public holidays, and we're going to relax!...

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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 and conditions… But did you know they’ve also fought to help protect green spaces, ecosystems, and some of our most beloved heritage...

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Kids on Gender

March 26, 2021

Nine Melbourne primary school kids call it like they see it,...

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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 by when I don’t daydream about the women of Australia rising up in a large-scale strike; banners blazing bright, standing firm against...

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...

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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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