UNITE launched its latest campaign this week called the ‘UNITE Workers Rights Compliance campaign’. This campaign is being strongly supported by the City of Melbourne.
The Workers Rights Compliance Campaign aims to ensure that businesses in the City of Melbourne are adhering to the basic minimum standards required by law. It is common knowledge that in the areas of fast food, retail and hospitality many employers are not doing this.
In response to a call from the Starbucks Workers Union (SWU) in the US, UNITE is proud to be participating in an international day of action in solidarity with Starbucks workers on May 17.
UNITE members and supporters will be holding an action outside Starbucks on Swanston Street in the Melbourne CBD. At the store located between Lonsdale and Little Lonsdale streets (across from QV). Please join us between 4pm & 5pm Thursday May 17.
In the past week UNITE Secretary Anthony Main spoke at two large seminars at the Victoria University (VU). Both were organised by VU, as part of the curriculum, to let students know about their rights at work.
At the first seminar, held at the Newport campus, over 60 VCAL students and apprentices packed the auditorium to hear Troy McGuiness from the postal workers union (CWU), and Anthony speak about the problems facing young workers.