Welcome to the SDA Website    The SDA is here to help you. We provide a wide range of membership services and benefits that help you as a worker. We offer you industrial support and protection through our comprehensive network of workplace Delegates and Organisers. We employ expert Industrial and Information Officers who can provide advice and assistance upon request. The Union is also responsible for negotiating your wages and working conditions through the process of enterprise bargaining, as well as policing your entitlements to make sure you are getting what you are entitled to. Joining is easy - click here. Details of your Enterprise Agreement are available in the members only section of this site. If you haven't registered for Infonet, click here to receive a password.

Easter Sunday Postcard Petition The Director General of the Department of Commerce has ruled against the major retailers who sought to open for trade on Easter Sunday. Public support of the SDA's opposition to Easter Sunday trading was critical in achieving this result. The door remains open, however, for shops to trade on significant public holidays in the future, including Easter Sunday next year. There is a continued need to rally support and demonstrate to the Director General and the NSW Government that days like Easter Sunday are significant family days and there should not be a time when we see shops open on those days. Click here to register your opposition and tell your local member how Easter Sunday trading would impact you.

The Council of Australian Governments resolved in 2006 to create a harmonised set
of Occupational Health and Safety laws to apply in the federal, state and territory
jurisdictions.

Unions, including the SDA, support the move to harmonise OHS laws around Australia, so long as it does not mean a compromise of the highest standards and rights for workers. However, the recommendations for model OHS Laws put forward by the National Review will undermine existing laws and safety standards and put workers at risk.

The SDA supports a petition by the Australian Council of Trade Unions to communicate to Federal, State and Territory governments the importance of having the highest OHS laws Australia wide.

To sign the petition, click here.

To read more about the petition, click here.