Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU)

High Court decision another blow for casual workers

In a blow for workers’ rights, the High Court has overturned a ruling that some casual workers should be entitled to annual leave and sick pay, writes Isaac Nellist.

Bookshop retreats from locking out workers, new agreement made

Isaac Nellist reports that workers, who took on the management of a "progressive" inner-city bookshop to improve their working conditions, have had a win.

Support grows for workers at bookshop that ‘loses staff like a sieve’

Support for casual retail workers at a popular bookshop in the Inner West, who are campaigning for a workplace agreement, is growing. Isaac Nellist reports.

Bookshop workers take next step to win rights

The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union has made history by securing ther first Protected Action Ballot Order for a bookshop. Isaac Nellist reports.

On the books: Better Read Than Dead workers fight for rights

Precarious bookshop workers are fighting for better working conditions and rights, reports Isaac Nellist.

Precarious workers hung out to dry

Resourcing precariously employed workers to become organised, gain a voice and demand change, means changing the way unions organise, writes Josh Cullinan.

Defend and extend JobKeeper: Young workers bear brunt of coronavirus economic pain

Young people, who have only ever had insecure casual jobs, face a very precarious future, writes James Swift.

Calls grow for WorkSafe to investigate McDonald’s

The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union's call for WorkSafe to investigate a McDonald’s outlet is gaining support as more workers test positive to COVID-19, reports Kerry Smith.

Unions, community oppose efforts to cut McDonald's workers’ wages

A protest against McDonald's efforts to undermine the award of already underpaid workers was organised in Sydney, reports Jim McIlroy.

Seven rights workers need now

Following the re-election of the Coalition government, Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged the need for industrial relations (IR) reforms. Under the façade of “ensuring integrity” and “improving productivity”, these reforms seek to once again attack trade unions and workers.

Winning back penalty rates

The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union organised a protest on July 6 to demand that penalty rates be reinstated. Penalty rates were cut for the second time in early July. Meanwhile federal MPs gave themselves a pay rise.

Retail and fast food workers get organised

The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) was formed in late 2016 as a response to growing dissatisfaction among retail workers with the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA). The Labor right-controlled SDA is notorious for negotiating enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs) that contain below award wages and eroding the rights and conditions of workers.

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