Union membership is how workers stop facing Grill’d alone.
Grill’d Workers United can help workers understand their rights, connect with each other and take action. But formal union support, representation and bargaining power comes through joining the United Workers Union.
GWU is an independent, worker-run network of Grill’d workers. UWU is the registered union for Grill’d workers.
Information helps. Membership changes the balance of power.
A fact sheet can help you understand what should happen. A union can help you act when it does not.
Protection when things go wrong
If you are called into a meeting, questioned about an incident, underpaid or treated unfairly, union membership means you are not trying to work it out alone.
A stronger voice at work
One worker can be ignored. A group of union members is much harder to dismiss. Membership helps workers raise issues together.
Power across Grill’d
Store-by-store issues are connected. The more Grill’d workers join, the stronger workers are in bargaining, disputes and campaigns.
Union membership gives workers a structure to push back.
At Grill’d, problems often look individual: a roster change, an unpaid shift extension, a disciplinary meeting, a manager ignoring a concern, a store cutting corners. But those issues become much more powerful when workers are organised and backed by their union.
Do not wait until it gets serious.
Union support is strongest when you join before a workplace issue escalates.
Meetings and discipline
Support when management calls a formal meeting, raises allegations or pressures you to respond on the spot.
Pay, hours and rosters
Help understanding underpayments, roster changes, overtime, breaks and whether Grill’d is following the EA.
Using the EA
The Enterprise Agreement is only useful if workers know it, use it and enforce it together.
Representation rights
Union members can be supported by delegates and representatives when workplace issues need to be challenged.
Where GWU fits in
GWU and UWU are connected in purpose, but they are not the same thing. That distinction matters.
Grill’d Workers United
GWU is a worker-run network built by Grill’d workers. We share information, help workers understand their rights, connect workers with support and campaign for better conditions.
- • Worker-led and Grill’d-specific
- • Practical rights information
- • Peer support and organising
- • Campaigning and workplace activity
United Workers Union
UWU is the registered union for Grill’d workers. Joining UWU is how workers access formal union membership, representation and collective industrial power.
- • Formal union membership
- • Representation and support
- • Bargaining and workplace disputes
- • Strength across Grill’d and the industry
The simple version
GWU helps build the worker network. UWU is the union you join for formal membership and representation.
Workers have already changed Grill’d.
Every improvement workers win comes from organisation, pressure and membership. None of it happens automatically.
Workers took historic action
Grill’d workers took action that put national attention on pay, conditions and respect at work.
A stronger agreement
The 2025 Enterprise Agreement created a new foundation for workers to understand and enforce their rights.
The next step is enforcement
Rights only matter when workers know them, use them and have the strength to push back when they are ignored.
Common questions
Joining can feel like a big step. These are the questions workers usually ask first.
No. GWU is an independent, worker-run network of Grill’d workers. UWU is the registered union for Grill’d workers.
That is exactly when joining is most useful. Union support is strongest when you are already a member before something escalates.
Generally, union support applies to issues that happen or continue while you are a member. If something is already happening, joining now can still matter for what happens next.
UWU sets membership fees based on your income. For hospitality, the standard rate is generally $13.25 per week, while many Grill’d workers may qualify for the low-income rate of $8.50 per week. Fees are handled by UWU.
You can read resources, ask questions and learn more. But if you want formal union support or to take on a stronger activist/delegate role, joining UWU is the foundation.
Join before you need it.
The best time to be union is before a meeting is called, before a roster issue becomes a crisis, and before management decides you are easier to ignore alone.
Payments, membership records and formal union services are handled by UWU.