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Calling All Workers

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Calling All Workers - "What’s this partial strike thing about?"( 0:32:18)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air. This Week: Gina and Jon from E tū and Andy from the PPTA discuss the recently passed Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Act 2025. What does it mean and why does it suck so badly? Also, a good bit of ranting about economic exploitation and why you should get active if you want to win.
Published: 15/07/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Craig Renney pt 1( 0:36:52)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 8/07/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Organiser origins - Andy Rothville (part 2 of 2)( 0:30:52)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 24/06/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - FBT Debrief - Part 2( 0:29:35)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air. This week: “A month after Part 1 aired, today we have Part 2 of the Fight Back Together Maranga Ake event debriefing with Gina and Jon (E tū), Heeni (Unite) and Liam (Workers First).”
Published: 17/06/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Organiser origins - Andy Rothville (part 1 of 2)( 0:32:49)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air. In this episode, Jon an organiser for E Tū interviews Andy from PPTA Te Wehengarua about how he got into union activism and organising. This is the first part of the kōrero, part 2 to come later.
Published: 3/06/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Value Price and Profit pt2( 0:31:26)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air. In this episode Andy is running solo finishing up his discussion of Marx's Value, Price and Profit and linking it to the workers' struggle in Aotearoa.
Published: 27/05/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - FBT Debrief - Part 1( 0:31:8)       
Episode Information
A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 20/05/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - John Shennan on Palestine and Pay Equity( 0:26:10)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 13/05/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Dialectical Materialism( 0:31:48)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 29/04/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Ben Schmidt and Sean Phelan (TEU) Talk Union( 0:32:3)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air. This week: Ben talks with TEU Delegate Sean Phelan about his union journey and communicating in today's society.
Published: 22/04/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Heeni and Littoria on the Wage Theft Act( 0:32:8)       
Episode Information
A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 15/04/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Hēni (Unite) and Diane( 0:32:46)       
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Hēni Smith (Unite organiser) and Diane (Unite delegate) discuss and debrief the Poverty is No Joke event that was held on Tuesday, April 1st which brought together representatives of the three lefty political parties as well as unionists and community members. Today’s featured track was picked by Diane and is Kendrick Lamar’s grammy award-winning diss track, “They Not Like Us”.
Published: 8/04/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Ben (TEU) and Jon (E Tū) with Riana Te Ngahue - Why Te Tiriti is a Workers' Issue( 0:31:45)       
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Ben and Jon kōrero with Riana Te Ngahue, popular Ngāti Porou lawyer, about Te Tiriti as a workers issue, how we talk about it and fight back together. A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 1/04/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Value Price and Profit( 0:30:26)       
Episode Information
A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 25/03/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Jon Pawson (E Tū) union history roundup( 0:25:40)       
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This week, Jon (E tū) goes over some history, a recent law change meaning employers who withhold wages are now legally considered criminals, and plays a bunch of solid pro-union punk rock and Oi.
Published: 18/03/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Gina and Heeni - International Womens Day( 0:28:26)       
Episode Information
A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 11/03/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Wage Labour and Capital( 0:27:20)       
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A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 25/02/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - Gina and Ben - What's a Real Union( 0:34:20)       
Episode Information
A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 11/02/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Calling All Workers - John Shennan on Palestine with Katrina and Viv( 0:31:2)       
Episode Information
A radio show and podcast from Unions Manawatū looking at union activities and issues around the region, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 28/01/2025 4:00:00 p.m.