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Australia's only national radio show focusing on industrial, social and workplace issues. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Stick Together makes labour politics concrete by tracing public decisions through workplaces, union members and community campaigns.
Stick Together starts with working life and follows its political consequences into schools, health services, community organisations and international solidarity.
From school picket lines to union merger fights, this is where your solidarity gets specific.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A focused look at a rank-and-file merger challenge, with union democracy and Victorian allied health conditions at its centre.
Stick Together looks at a challenge to the proposed merger of Vapa with the Health and Community Services Union, keeping the focus on a rank-and-file member and Vapa Pulse contributor.
James Crafty's West Bank account grounds Palestine solidarity politics in fear, movement, and harassment.
The episode treats Palestine less as an abstract foreign policy issue than as a lived political condition, keeping the focus on what people meet day to day on the ground.
A labor-minded episode on public holidays, union history, and the case for shorter working hours.
Stick Together frames Labor Day and International Working Women's Day as more than calendar markers, setting Melbourne's Moomba and grand prix celebrations against the labor history those events can push to the edge.
Neighborhood houses, funding, and local testimony come together in a grounded community-focused piece.
The episode frames neighborhood houses as practical community infrastructure, moving from the call for more funding to the everyday work they support.
A Victorian school stoppage told through the staff who walked out.
Stick Together frames the Victorian public school stoppage as a worker-first account of pay, unpaid hours, and stalled bargaining. Annie McLaughlin stays close to the staff who walked out after eight months of negotiations with no offer, giving the piece a grounded sense of…
Maritime labor talk with member-level detail.
Moral questions with consequences for minds, machines, and power.
WSJ reporters unpack the Epstein files, surrogacy industry abuses, and true-crime court battles.
Dan Carlin's solo essays connecting executive power, historical collapse, and American democracy.
Annie McLaughlin opens on the Victorian public school stoppage.
This episode covers union news, including a report on CFMEU violence and a seminar on precarious migrant workers.
This episode covers union news and worker stories, including a translated webinar about the impact of rearmament on women in Italy, in anticipation of International Working Women's Day.
The host shares her personal experience as a gardener in the open space maintenance industry, focusing on union and workers' issues.
This episode examines two cases of unions placed under administration, focusing on the tension between Labor Party political outcomes and core union business of member wages and conditions.
Amy Ciara opens from 3CR in Melbourne.
The episode starts at 3CR's community radio studio in Melbourne.