Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 19th Jan 2022
- Melbourne > North Melbourne
The United Workers Union is seeking highly motivated Organisers to work in our VIC logistics team.
Candidates with experience in union or related organising and campaigning will be highly regarded.
United Workers’ Union is a powerful member-led union whose sole purpose is to serve the collective interests of members in workplaces and communities by winning significant and long-lasting gains. The Union is driving change by growing union membership, developing leadership amongst our members, encouraging active member participation in the union, building and enforcing standards in our sectors, and campaigning both politically and in the community.
As a union with a proudly diverse membership, we are committed to equity and inclusion; and continuing to build a union that is truly representative of the workers we cover. We encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, LGBTIQ people and women.
This position is located within UWU’s Logistics team, which is responsible for organising workers in warehouses and distribution centres throughout Australia. We have a strong commitment to uniting workers to take direct action to win permanent improvements in wages and conditions across the industry.
Our team has led workers to build union power, take strike action and win at places like Chemist Warehouse, Coles and Woolworths, and in the recent strikes at Country Road and Toll.
An Organiser demonstrates:
Candidates with experience in union or related organising and campaigning will be highly regarded, as will candidates who can speak languages other than English.
To perform this job, you will also be required to have or obtain and maintain:
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, which will include:
For further information about the role, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Organisers enquiry via EthicalJobs.