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Vintage Reds Meetings are held monthly (first Thursday of the month) onsite at the Queensland Council of Unions (QCU), Level 2 Auditorium – 16 Peel Street, South Brisbane.
News and events will be posted to you at least twice a month.
In this newsletter we have 6 items.
1 Vintage Reds Meeting – Thursday 7th May @ 10am – 12pm, QCU Level 2, onsite
2 Labour Day – 4th May, Wharf Street, Brisbane
3 Stop the Cuts – Protect Our Stations
4 Retired Unionists Network Meeting – 23 April 2026, Online
5 International Workers’ Memorial Day – 28th April 2026
6 Foco Nuevo House Concert – 1 May 2026
1. Vintage Reds May Meeting – 7th May, 2026 @ 10-12pm, QCU, South Brisbane
1) Working in a Warming World – a special presentation
Our special May meeting will convene a great panel of three guest speakers.
Dr Linda Selvey currently works at the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health and prior to that she was an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at The University of Queensland, Jacqueline King (General Secretary, QCU) and Elliot D’Arcy (Organiser, RTBU) will cover the physiological and medical effects of excessive heat, the proposed changes to current legislative arrangements and how the RTBU plan to campaign and train members in health and safety against excessive heat in workplaces.
When: Thursday 7th May, 10am – 12pm, onsite
Where: Queensland Council of Unions (QCU), Level 2 Auditorium – 16 Peel Street, South Brisbane.
Speakers: Dr Linda Selvey, Jacqueline King and Elliot D’Arcy
Optional Reading: ACTU Work Health and Safety on the Era of Climate Crisis
ii) Not Our Law Campaign
Fighting Antisemitism and Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Terrorists and Criminals Amendment Act 2026 is an attack on the democratic rights of all Queenslanders.
Queensland unions are continuing to support the campaign for free speech and to campaign for the repeal of the recent legislation that has criminalised aspects of political debate in Queensland.
Justice for Palestine, Magandjin/Brisbane are opposing the new laws and one aspect of the campaign is to create a coalition of organisations that oppose the LNP’s clampdown on freedom of speech and the disproportionate targeting of pro-Palestinian voices.
During the Vintage Reds May meeting members will consider the Statement for endorsement.
