About unions

Winning rights for workers across generations

Throughout our country’s history, the union movement has always been at the forefront of the struggle for a fair go.

Union members have won so many of the work rights we take for granted: universal superannuation, Medicare, penalty rates, annual, parental and sick leave – even the weekend.

Union members have been standing up for workers for more than a century. And we’re doing the same for generations to come.

Working people are not commodities

The union movement has always treated labour as more than something to be bought and sold. Workers are people first.

That’s why union members stand together for better workplace conditions and protected workers’ rights. Always.