Stop Lockheed Martin, Unemployed Workers’ Safety and Workers’ Memorial Day, Borderless Affirmation Mutual Aid, Vulnerable Workers Transition Fund and International Worker Solidarity

Thursday Breakfast

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Zelda Grimshaw, a campaigner with the anti-war group Wage Peace, joins us to discuss the international week of action against arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin, which has been running from 21-28 April. The Melbourne action to Stop Lockheed Martin will begin at 11AM today, Thursday 28 April, at Lincoln Square in the CBD - find out more here.// Jeremy Poxon is an anti-poverty advocate for the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union. He joins us to discuss concerns with workplace safety and the significance of Workers’ Memorial day for unemployed workers.// Amity Mara is a proud transgender Tamil woman from Sri Lanka and Malaysia. She is a member of the Borderless Affirmation Mutual Aid group, which supports trans migrants to build strong and loving lives on this continent as their true selves, and joins us today to speak about the group's organising, support and fundraising efforts. You can find out more and donate here.// If you are a trans migrant seeking support you can text the group on 0456 385 145 with your request (calls will not be answered).“Requests can currently be responded to in Arabic, Hindi, Tamil, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Malay/Bahasa, & English. Please be patient as it can take awhile for us to respond to requests from new people. We regret that we will not be able to support everyone, and prioritise supporting people on precarious visas and facing family violence.”// Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union or RAFFWU, joins us to speak about RAFFWU's demand for a transition fund to support vulnerable workers to exit the industry in the wake of eased COVID restrictions in NSW and Victoria. Josh also discusses international worker solidarity and organising with Bangladeshi unionists in light of the 9th anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster on 24 April and Workers’ Memorial Day.// Songs//Flick - Pookie//Undead - Marcus Whale ft. BAYANG (tha Bushranger)//