<![CDATA[Workers Power]]> Workers Power seeks to build the culture of trade unionism and solidarity by giving a platform to trade unions and workers to talk about the struggles in their workplace, as well as events and struggles outside the workplace that they are involved in.

Listen to us on your favourite podcast app

Listen to edited versions of our interviews on our youtube channel

]]> en Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:52:44 +1000 https://4zzz.org.au/programs/workers-power/ <![CDATA[Workers Power]]> https://amrap-pages-image.s3.amazonaws.com/profile/8709.jpg?cacbeb=12714247 4ZZZ info@4zzz.org.au Workers Power seeks to build the culture of trade unionism and solidarity by giving a platform to trade unions and workers to talk about the struggles in their workplace, as well as events and struggles outside the workplace that they are involved in.

Listen to us on your favourite podcast app

Listen to edited versions of our interviews on our youtube channel

]]> https://4zzz.org.au/programs/workers-power/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-09-22-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Time of Monsters]]> This week we've got Phil Monsour back on the show to give another update on the Justice for Palestine movement. We also talk about his upcoming album Time of Monsters and get play one of the tracks before its release on the 17th of October!

Please get along to the global day for Gaza and Palestine on the 11th of October to show that we will still show up Palestine three years on.

This Friday there is a launch for The Weight of Witness at The Loft in West End, a book about the experiences of medical workers in Gaza.

  • Songs played
  • Phil Monsour - Smart Bombs
  • Phil and The Blanks ft. bella amor - GOOD LIFE
  • Phil Monsour & Carousel - Remember (remastered)
  • Phil Monsour - Revolution Love
  • Big Noter - Talk Straight
  • 3% - Not Many - Ganay Biralunbar (feat. Fred Leone)
  • Miles Nautu - coals
  • STAN - Don't Listen to Me
  • DAMAG3, Osyris - GOD TiNNiTUS (feat. Changeline)
  • Slow Pulp - Melodie
  • Public Figures - Push My Buttons
]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-09-22 10:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-09-15-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[The end of an era]]>
  • Songs played
  • The Cruel Sea - Just a man
  • Magic Dirt - Dirty Jeans
  • Sycco - Ive loved and Ive Lost
  • Joe Geia - Yil Lull
  • Gerling - Dust me selecta
  • Terrible Muriel - Introverted Weirdo
  • Beans - Resistor
  • Northern Lights - Looking Down
  • Blues X Man - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
    • ]]>     Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-09-15 10:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-09-08-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[UQ on Strike!]]> This week we talked to Natalie from the NTEU at UQ, where the workers are currently taking industrial action as part of EBA negotiations.

    Follow the fight at UQ

    • Songs played
    • Dirty Harry - Give it back
    • doubledate - say it again
    • Sycco - Look Up
    • Teens - Eraser
    • Public Figures - Landed in a trap
    • Mertas - CC
    • blue diner - Stylus writer
    • STAN - Whats the use?
    • Slurpee Jerks - Jackie
    • The Great Emu War Casualities - Cold Food Ave
    • 3% ft Fred Leone - Not Many - Ganay Biralunbar
    ]]>     Tue, 8 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-09-08 10:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-09-01-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[BIGSOUND]]> This week we talk to the Ipswich BIGSOUND delegates about music in Ipswich. Also the usual news such AS our local ferry drivers are taking industrial action.

    • Songs played
    • Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
    • Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
    • Dolly Parton - Jolene
    • Home Sweet Home ft. Dolly Parton - Motley Crue
    • The Dog Trackers with Van Bandham - Sendai Gold
    • The Fat Bastards - Gravity By The Roadside
    • Fast Johnny and the Slow Burners - Cold World
    • Damien Johnson - Wacol Station
    • Northern Lights - Higher Five Mix
    • Just Gus - YOU CAN'T PARK THERE
    • double date - new performance!
    • The Leads - Almost September
    ]]>     Tue, 1 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-09-01 10:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-08-25-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[It's a big fight, let's take it on together]]> This week, in our first hour, we talk to Alyssa from the UQU, the UQ student union, about what they do to fight for students, and the fight they are currently in to defend themselves from UQ who are threatening to cut their funding. Join their protest against it tomorrow 26 August at 12pm in the Great Court and go follow them on Instagram to find out more information and follow the campaign.

    In our second hour, we talk to Jeff Rickertt from the Brisbane Labour History Association about the 1976 general strike by Australian unions to save Medibank, the precursor to Medicare, and the lessons unionists today can take from the fight.

    • Songs played
    • Stabbitha And The Knifey Wifeys - Act Your Wage
    • Northern Lights - Higher Five Mix
    • Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Grass Code
    • Suicidal Tendencies - Send Me Your Money
    • Gerling - Hot Computer
    • Ancient Channels - Black Metals
    • Worm Girlz - Broken Tooth
    • Midnight Oil - Used And Abused
    ]]>     Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-08-25 10:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-08-18-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[18th of August]]>
  • Songs played
  • Big Noter - Big Noter
  • Ancient Channels - Year of the Rats
  • Against Me - I was teenage anarchist
  • Dead Head Redemption - False Profit
  • Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Grass Code
  • Sycco - Look Up
  • Super Hotel - Driving at Dusk
  • Flangipanis - Not Sorry
    • ]]>     Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-08-18 10:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-08-11-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[UQ Workers Organising to Win!]]> This week we talked to Morgan from the NTEU at UQ, where the workers are currently bargaining for a better deal, and recently put through a Protected Action Ballot Order to start taking industrial action.

    • Songs played
    • ssszlami - abel, a lonely star
    • Say True God? - BRED + BUDDA [Feat ENZO]
    • Custard - Ringo (I Feel Like..)
    • The Snouts - ADDing Up
    • Goldfinger - Here In Your Bedroom
    • Flangipanis - Make This City Safe
    • BADASSMUTHA - Crocs
    • The Fat Bastards - Drug Mule
    • The Dog Trackers with Van Badham - Sendai Gold
    • Total Radio Silence - The View (Redux)
    • Permanent Revolution - Touch One! Touch All!
    ]]>     Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-08-11 10:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-08-04-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[4th of August]]>
  • Songs played
  • The Mark of Cain - Familiar Territory
  • Emmy Hour - A head full of sand
  • Gimmy - Running
  • The Coolz - It keeps me on the streets
  • Flangipanis - Sorry
  • Flangipanis - Hero at the lights
  • Machine Gun Fellatio - Just B'cos
  • The Damned - Democracy
  • The Dog Trackers with Van Badham - Sendai Gold
  • The Snouts - Adding Up
    • ]]>     Tue, 4 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-08-04 10:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-07-28-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Our History is Everywhere - What is Subaltern Heritage?]]> This week we have Jeff Rickertt from the Brisbane Labour History Association back on the show to talk about Subaltern Heritage, which is the heritage of people who are being ruled over. Join us as Jeff tells us about what Subaltern Heritage is, why its important, and how it is currently under threat by the Queensland LNP government.

    Read the article from Jeff and former Heritage Council member Howard Guille about the LNP's attack on heritage here: https://brisbanelabourhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/The-LNP-and-Heritage-A-Fresh-Start-or-a-New-Threat-Final.pdf

    • Songs played
    • Damin J. Johnson - I Don't Listen To The Radio
    • Ancient Channels - Hex Beat
    • Jeani - Computer Noise
    • Flangipanis - Down At The Bottom
    • hotchkiss - before work
    • Big Noter - F.M.D.
    • 7inch punk - WTF
    • Odette - AAAH!
    • Slurpee Jerks - That's Not My Name
    • The Snouts - ADDing Up
    • Undersea TV - Brisbane
    • Cable Ties - Say What You Mean
    ]]>     Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-07-28 10:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-07-21-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[TWU Gig!]]> This week we talk to Alexi from TWU Gig about their work fighting to improve the lives of workers in the gig economy.

    • Songs played
    • TERRVCES - Dreams of a Selfish Heart
    • Dirty Harry - Japan
    • Worm Girlz - Kills Me Like You Do
    • Bean Magazine - 3
    • Super Hotel - Rory Calhouns
    • Sonic Reducer - I Know (In The End)
    • L7 - Shitlist
    • Flangipanis - Karen Loves Ketamine
    • Frenzal Rhomb - Thought It Was Yoga But It Was Ketamine
    • Swapmeet - Mount Zero
    • Billy Bragg - There Is Power In A Union
    • Mulga Bore Hard Rock - Heavy Rain
    ]]>     Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-07-21 10:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-07-14-10-00.mp3 <![CDATA[We do what we want]]> In an interesting and varied episode we unleash on the Qld LNP.  With one of their former leaders joining in.  Cal has a great interview with former BCC Mayor and Qld Premier, Campbell Newman, about the devastating future for Barrambin.

    We also have a great round up of the Anti-Pauline rally on the weekend and future organising for Trans Workers rights.

    • Songs played
    • Full Flower Moon Band - Roadie
    • Big Noter - FMD
    • Dirty Harry - Give it back
    • double date - new performance
    • Slurpee Jerks - Jackie
    • The Mark of Cain - The Contender
    • Quarter life crisis - Clover Love
    • Cosmic sun lounge - Weight of you
    • Panda Pants - Gay Space Ice Cream
    ]]>     Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/workers-power/2026-07-14 10:00:00/