JOIN YOUR UNION to ENSURE ALL MEMBERS GET A FAIR GO

UNIONS NSW IS THE peak body for unions IN NSW

Unions NSW and its affiliated unions are here to support you and your fellow workers.

Unions NSW organises, advocates and campaigns for workers in NSW to ensure every worker gets a fair go at work.

We believe every worker deserves decent pay and a healthy workplace.

600,000+

Union members in NSW

60+

Unions in NSW

150

Years of service

The benefits

Union members are paid more, have safer workplaces and have greater protections at work.  Our members have been organising, educating and winning better pay and conditions since 1895.

 

CURRENT CAMPAIGNS

MIGRANT WORKERS HUB

Visa Assist is a partnership between Unions NSW and the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (IARC)to provide advice on all immigration and citizenship matters.

Through our Visa Assist program, we assist union members in assessing eligibility and applying for a Workplace Justice visa.

Read the latest publications from Unions NSW on the state of the migrant workforce and the unique challenges migrants face.

HOW OUR WORK
IS HELPING YOU

Join us to make a difference in our workplaces and communities.

Search our database for research, speeches, submissions and policies.

Get involved with your fellow workers.

YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK

We all need to know our workplace rights and obligations. We help in answering your questions, prevent and resolve issues about workplace entitlements and avoid disputes and penalties.

Latest Media Headlines

25 August 2026
Poker machine gamblers will have clearer information on their spend and the 4am-10am pokie shutdown will be reviewed, under a suite of reforms pushed by unions and gambling reform advocates.
1 July 2026
A new McKell Institute report outlines how dozens of labour hire operators banned in other states have been drawn to NSW which has no licensing scheme, prompting calls to clean up the state’s notorious labour hire sector.