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Podcast: 4PR - Voice of the People
Episode: Never Cross a Picket Line - 2015 Hutchison Dispute
Description: In 2015 global company Hutchisons sacked half their workforce (97 workers) by text message. The union responded by use of community assemblies comprising of unions affiliated with the Queensland Council of Unions – nurses, building workers, clerks, teachers, electricians and so forth.
I was on the wharves from 6 am on the 14th August to witness workers march back to work after a order by the Federal Court granting a temporary injunction against the sacking. The full case was heard later in the month. Hutchison immediately disregarded the court order, not permitting some of the workers illegally sacked to return to work.
Speakers
Bob Ca...