Dec 2019
Workers started speaking up
GWU began when Grill’d workers and supporters exposed underpayment concerns, dodgy traineeships, and safety issues. The aim was simple: fair pay, real training, and respect at work.
Worker-run since December 2019
Workers united.Stronger together.
Grill’d Workers United is a worker-run campaign helping Grill’d workers understand their rights, support each other, and organise for fair pay, safer stores, and real respect.
What we do
Explain rights in plain English
Support workers facing workplace issues
Build delegate and member power
Campaign for better conditions
Worker-led
GWU is built by Grill’d workers, for Grill’d workers. Our power comes from stores, not boardrooms.
Practical
We turn complicated workplace rules into clear guides, scripts, checklists, and support.
Organised
We connect workers across stores so problems do not stay isolated, hidden, or ignored.
Bold
We believe workers should speak clearly, act collectively, and refuse to be pushed around.
Who we are
A campaign built by workers, for workers.
GWU began as a practical, worker-led response to real problems at Grill’d. We help workers get informed, get support, and get organised.
For current and former workers
GWU supports Grill’d workers across roles, stores, and states.
Focused on real issues
Pay, rostering, safety, breaks, discipline, respect, and representation.
Grounded in rights
We make the EA, workplace law, and union processes easier to understand.
Built to win
Information matters, but organised workers are what create change.
Our track record
From one campaign to a national worker voice.
Steady pressure, clear information, and coordinated worker action have delivered real outcomes for Grill’d workers.
What we’ve achieved together
2019 → 2026
Worker-run campaigning for Grill’d workers.
Multi-state
Strike action across VIC, NSW and SA.
Real wins
Stronger conditions through the 2025 EA.
Trusted
Rights information built for Grill’d workers.
The Grill’d Workers United Story
Early 2020
The 2020 Enterprise Agreement
Together with former union HospoVoice, Grill’d Workers United acted as bargaining representatives for Grill’d workers during the 2020 EA process, pushing for improvements like overtime protections and minimum breaks between shifts.
2020–2022
Supporting workers through COVID
During the pandemic, GWU helped workers facing store closures, layoffs, uncertainty, and confusion about leave and workplace obligations.
2024
Relaunching for bargaining
As the 2020 EA neared expiry, workers across the country rebuilt GWU with new energy and prepared to organise around pay, safety, respect, and enforceable conditions.
Oct 2024
Australia’s first fast-food strike
After months of being ignored in bargaining, Grill’d workers took action, led by Flinders Lane in Melbourne. The strike drew national attention and proved that Grill’d workers were organised, serious, and ready to fight.
Apr–May 2025
Holding Grill’d to account
Grill’d’s proposed 2024 EA was formally challenged. The Fair Work Commission process exposed serious issues with how the deal had been explained to workers, and the proposal was dismissed.
Jun–Jul 2025
Multi-state strike action
Workers across Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales joined coordinated strikes to push for fair pay, weekend penalties, and stronger protections.
Oct 2025
The 2025 EA win
After worker action, bargaining pressure, and Commission scrutiny, Grill’d accepted key safeguards including the reconciliation clause, a ban on split shifts, and stronger penalty protections.
Jun 2026
The Super Bun campaign was pulled
When a sexualised marketing campaign landed in restaurants and online, workers called it out through internal channels, public statements, and media pressure. Grill’d removed the campaign and told restaurants to remove the material.
Now
The work continues
GWU continues to help workers understand their rights, support each other, enforce the EA, grow delegate power, and build the kind of workplace Grill’d workers deserve.
Dec 2019Workers started speaking up
GWU began when Grill’d workers and supporters exposed underpayment concerns, dodgy traineeships, and safety issues. The aim was simple: fair pay, real training, and respect at work.
Early 2020The 2020 Enterprise Agreement
Together with former union HospoVoice, Grill’d Workers United acted as bargaining representatives for Grill’d workers during the 2020 EA process, pushing for improvements like overtime protections and minimum breaks between shifts.
2020–2022Supporting workers through COVID
During the pandemic, GWU helped workers facing store closures, layoffs, uncertainty, and confusion about leave and workplace obligations.
2024Relaunching for bargaining
As the 2020 EA neared expiry, workers across the country rebuilt GWU with new energy and prepared to organise around pay, safety, respect, and enforceable conditions.
Oct 2024Australia’s first fast-food strike
After months of being ignored in bargaining, Grill’d workers took action, led by Flinders Lane in Melbourne. The strike drew national attention and proved that Grill’d workers were organised, serious, and ready to fight.
Apr–May 2025Holding Grill’d to account
Grill’d’s proposed 2024 EA was formally challenged. The Fair Work Commission process exposed serious issues with how the deal had been explained to workers, and the proposal was dismissed.
Jun–Jul 2025Multi-state strike action
Workers across Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales joined coordinated strikes to push for fair pay, weekend penalties, and stronger protections.
Oct 2025The 2025 EA win
After worker action, bargaining pressure, and Commission scrutiny, Grill’d accepted key safeguards including the reconciliation clause, a ban on split shifts, and stronger penalty protections.
Jun 2026The Super Bun campaign was pulled
When a sexualised marketing campaign landed in restaurants and online, workers called it out through internal channels, public statements, and media pressure. Grill’d removed the campaign and told restaurants to remove the material.
NowThe work continues
GWU continues to help workers understand their rights, support each other, enforce the EA, grow delegate power, and build the kind of workplace Grill’d workers deserve.
Our values
What we stand for.
Respect
Every worker deserves dignity, safety, fair treatment, and a workplace free from intimidation.
Accountability
Grill’d should follow the law, honour the EA, and answer when workers are mistreated.
Solidarity
No worker should have to face management alone. We back each other in.
Courage
Change takes confidence. GWU helps workers speak up safely and collectively.
Knowledge
Workers are stronger when they know their rights and know how to use them.
Power
Real improvements come when workers are organised, united, and ready to act.
Independent from UWU
Worker-run, not union-run.
GWU is an independent, worker-run campaign of Grill’d workers. We are not part of UWU, and this website is not authorised, endorsed, funded, or controlled by UWU.
UWU is the registered union workers can join for formal union membership, representation, and industrial support. GWU provides independent rights information, peer support, and workplace campaigning for Grill’d workers.
GWU
Worker-led voice, rights resources, campaign communications, and store-level organising. Not authorised or controlled by UWU.
UWU
Separate registered union membership, representation, legal support, and industrial expertise.
Your workplace. Your voice. Your choice.
GWU is made by workers like you. Whether you need help, want to learn your rights, or are ready to organise your store, there is a place for you in this campaign.