{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmeupodcast.com.au%2Fepisodes%2Fjuly-2020-Hz9GRbWV","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"July 2020","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/15c934d7-f489-49c6-b169-c6bc6c307f06/2ba0efc7-5cbe-440f-a0fb-7194744e5ba6/podcastphoto2.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/10dcc514-ef9a-4e75-9d7a-3a5f9154660f\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"July 2020\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Our July episode begins with South32’s grubby use of the Coronavirus crisis to dial down safety and cut wages at Appin Mine. South Western District Vice President Bob Timbs explains the company’s tactics, and we hear from a couple of Appin miners dudded by the move.\n\nAt 7.15\n\nFormer General Secretary Andrew Vickers reflects on lives lost and lessons learnt from major mining disasters we commemorate in July.\n\nAt 15.12\n\nCFMMEU National Secretary Michael O’Connor reveals how members from all the Union’s divisions have kept the country running - and where they now need backup from government.\n\nAt 22.50\n\nMatt Hofman from the Appin Lodge in the Southern district ends our July episode with his poem ‘We Are Coal’."}