CAIWU welcomes cleaners and allied workers who want to protect their employment rights and improve their working conditions.

Complete our online membership form with your personal, employment and payment details.

CAIWU aims to protect and advance its members’ rights by fighting for fair pay, safe working conditions, job security, dignity and respect at work. We empower workers to organise collectively, challenge unfair treatment and have a stronger voice in decisions affecting their working lives.

No. You have the legal right to join a trade union of your choice without your employer's permission.

No. Formal recognition is not required for you to join CAIWU. Recognition concerns collective bargaining arrangements, not your right to union membership. Your employer cannot decide which union you belong to.

Yes. You are free to join CAIWU even if your employer formally recognises another trade union.

No. Employers cannot lawfully force you to leave a trade union or subject you to unlawful treatment because of your membership.