We run campaigns on issues relevant to our members.

We encourage you to check through the various campaigns and get involved in those most relevant to you.

Our Workplaces section lists many of the workplaces where RAFFWU members are employed and where our members are actively organising. Many RAFFWU campaigns are based in particular workplaces, including when members organise together for an enterprise agreement in their workplace.

Industry Campaigns are campaigns which cover a particular issue across many workplaces – such as the fight for a Living Wage, or the pursuit of Workplace Safety.

Industry

A union supporter with their back to the camera is wearing a black t-shirt that says, "I'm backing worker action against poverty wages, unsafe workplaces, insecure jobs, unfair rostering and workplace exploitation".

Casualisation

Casualisation is endemic in the retail and fast food industries. It means that many retail and fast food workers have no job security and no security of wages. Casual workers face rosters that change all the time, and have their shifts cut or increased at short notice. Workers shouldn't have ...
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Getting Out of SDA

Stopping SDA Fees Paying SDA fees means funding attacks on working people. Find out more about about what the SDA does and what it stands for on our special SDA Facts page. Most SDA members pay fees by Payroll Deduction. You can stop funding SDA by emailing your payroll officer ...
A photograph of members of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union at a rally. They are holding union flags and a banner that reads "Taking back our penalty rates: RAFFWU".

Living Wages

A living wage is what it sounds like: a wage that allows workers to live, not just survive. A living wage is not the same as the minimum wage – the latter is not always enough to cover the cost of living, as many workers who are currently trying to ...
Three young supermarket workers and union members on strike, with signs that say "Abolish junior rates" and "I want to afford a home".

Poverty Wages

Join the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union  Want to do more? Become a Delegate! Abolish poverty wages Poverty wages are any wage structures that mean workers are earning below the poverty line. There is no official definition of poverty in Australia, but the poverty line is most often described ...
A group of workers standing outside a BWS store. They are carrying red and white placards about workplace safety, and the flag of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union.

Safety

Join the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union Join the Campaign! Workplace safety is a critical issue for retail and fast food workers. Every worker is entitled to a safe and healthy work environment. Every employer has a duty of care to workers, to ensure that risks to health and ...
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SDA Facts

At RAFFWU we are often contacted by workers who have questions about the SDA. The SDA, known colloquially as the “Shoppies”, is the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association. It is one of Australia’s most powerful and most conservative unions. Workers ask us why the SDA is motivated to undercut ...
A photograph of a community rally against sexual harassment at McDonald's Traralgon. In the foreground, a worker is addressing a group through a megaphone. They are wearing a striped, black and white top and they have long hair in a ponytail. In the background is a group of people listening, some holding placards. They are outside under trees.

Sexual Harassment

RAFFWU Stands Against All Harassment We are committed to fighting all forms of discrimination and harassment - we wrote it into our purpose as a Union. RAFFWU support its members to stop harassment in their workplaces. We know that bosses often get it wrong, and we will help members take ...
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We’re Bloody Essential

Dignity at work includes being provided basic hygiene facilities. Toilet paper is essential and so are sanitary items like tampons and pads. No one chooses to bleed – it’s just a fact of life like going to the toilet. During the Covid lockdowns, RAFFWU members and essential workers campaigned for ...
A photograph of union activists holding colourful, hand-painted placards. The placards have slogans including "We are stronger together" and "If you don't fight you lose".

Zombie Agreements

Since we launched in 2016 we have been helping workers get rid of rotten old zombie agreements that strip rights and wages. Zombie agreements have cost workers billions of dollars and continue to apply to thousands of workers across Australia. Our wins include returning millions of dollars to workers in ...