An index to the Audio PODCASTS from this week's program segments:

Produced this week by Karen Brown and presented by Yesha Yoshi.

1. Union News : Link to Audio
   
   AMWU working to protect food manufacturing jobs
   Firecrisis - Save 7.7 - One Fire Service
2. NAPLAN : AEU SA Vice President, Anne Crawford joined to explain the reasons behind the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy bans. : Link to Audio 
   
   Link to Media Release, Monday 12th April
   

   UK headteachers vote to boycott Sats tests 16 Apr 2010 ..."Teachers want ministers to abolish the tests because they argue they are used to compile meaningless school league tables. They say the tables unfairly stigmatise schools with the most challenging pupils, and turn children's last year of primary school into a repetitive drill for the tests. They want to see Sats replaced by teacher assessment."..

   
   
3. Victorian Fire Services : Victorian Firefighters Union Secretary Peter Marshall joined to brief us on needed reform : Link to Audio .
4. CDEP Workers : 3CR's Liz Turner interviews Paddy Gibson about working conditions for indigenous people who have been taken off the Commonwealth Development Employment Program and forced to work under the Northern Territory Emergency Response. : Link to Audio .
   
   Link to 3CR's Stick Together.
   Out In The Cold: Link to Catherine Zengerer's related report on thewire.
5. Intervention Rally : CFMEU SA Branch Indigenous Liaison Officer, John Harley joined to discuss the nationwide gathering in Alice Springs on the 6-9th Jul : Link to Audio .

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