Unite Union (Australia)

Unite Union (Australia)

Infobox Union
name= Unite
country= Australia
affiliation=
members=
full_name= Unite
native_name=


founded= 2006
current=
head=
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office= Melbourne, Victoria
people= Anthony Main, secretary
website= [http://www.unite.org.au/ www.unite.org.au]
footnotes=

Unite is a new trade union established in Melbourne, Australia. The union is not registered under the "Workplace Relations Act 1996". Its secretary is Anthony Main, a Socialist Party member. Its inspiration is the Unite Union in New Zealand

Unite has stated its goal is to organise young workers in fast food and retail in Victoria. Its establishment has angered the union with registered coverage of these workers, the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA). It argues that having a rival union will create disunity when the focus should be on John Howard and WorkChoices. Michael Donovan, Victorian SDA Secretary, said that the "...SDA is the union to look after the interests of young people in the retail industry and fast-food industry..." [http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1650347.htm]

Unite has stated that it believes the SDA to be a "weak union that prefers to cosy up to the bosses instead of fighting for young peoples’ rights at work." [http://www.unite.org.au/2006/03/28/bosses-declare-war-on-young-workers-time-to-fight-back/] .

External links

* [http://www.unite.org.au Official website]
* [http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/670/670p4.htm Green Left Weekly article on the union]
* [http://solidarity.redrag.net/2006/05/29/unite-union/ "Solidarity" article]
* [http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/697/36230 "Green Left Weekly" article attacking the SDA] - Young workers need fighting Unions


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