RAFFWU has been supporting, representing and fighting for Apple workers since we launched in late 2016.

Our members at Apple stores have helped to advocate for improved workplace conditions and have taken militant industrial action in their pursuit of a better enterprise agreement. An enterprise agreement locks in core conditions which apply to Apple workers. It includes things like wages, penalty rates, casual loadings, leave, job security, rostering and more.

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RAFFWU takes action at Apple

RAFFWU members at Apple have taken militant industrial action in their pursuit of a better enterprise agreement for workers. These actions have included works bans and work stoppages.

RAFFWU is the only Australian union involved in negotiations at Apple that has ever organised industrial action in Apple stores.

In September 2022, RAFFWU took Apple to the Fair Work Commission to stop the company from implementing its own dodgy enterprise agreement.

RAFFWU members at Apple held the first nationally coordinated strike action in Australian retail history in October 2022. Apple workers at stores in Brisbane, Newcastle and Bondi Junction all walked off the job in order to demand better wages and conditions.

In late October 2022 Apple workers voted “NO” to Apple’s own proposed enterprise agreement that did not guarantee fair wages or conditions.

RAFFWU members at Apple took further unprecedented industrial action in December 2022, staging the first-ever retail strike in Australia during the Christmas trading period.

Why join RAFFWU?

Members need to have joined before a workplace issue arises in order for RAFFWU to help you with that issue. Be sure to join now so that you get the industrial advice and support you need, when you need it.

We are a grassroots, member-led union that involves members directly in bargaining for a better workplace agreement, including at bargaining meetings.

To learn more, see our FAQ page.

In negotiating a new enterprise agreement, we represent members who have appointed RAFFWU as their bargaining representative in the workplace.

To appoint RAFFWU as your bargaining representative send an email to contact@raffwu.org.au with your name, Apple store location and the following text:

I hereby appoint the Retail And Fast Food Workers Union Incorporated as my bargaining representative for the purposes of bargaining an Agreement with my employer and in any matter before the Fair Work Commission that relates to bargaining for the agreement.

That appointment will be given to Apple and they must then recognise RAFFWU as your bargaining representative in the workplace. They must not take any action against you for being represented by RAFFWU.

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We know workers only achieve the terms and conditions they deserve through their direct collective action, and we have expert advocates and experienced campaigners helping members to secure the best possible outcomes.

Securing the best workplace agreement with better wages, safety, job security and conditions also needs many workers campaigning together. Together we fight and together we can win.

To organise your workplace, join the union that fights for you and encourage your co-workers to get involved.

RAFFWU – Fighting For Your Rights in the Workplace