COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dani Barley, President Dani brings well over 20 years of movement experience in Australia and North America to her role as RAFFWU President. Invigorated by participating in the year long campaign at Apple as a delegate at Apple Broadwway, she aims to bring the ability to wage that same fight to some of Australia’s lowest paid workers. Born and raised in the company town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, they saw firsthand the difference having a union in your workplace made to the wages and conditions of her unionised parents versus other family members working at the non-unionised Reese’s plant just down the road. Dani has a lived experience of physical disability and mental health challenges and is passionate about making the workplace (and the world) more accessible to everyone, regardless of any impairments they have. She is passionate about making sure RAFFWU remains a grassroots union and encourages members to get in touch with any issues or ideas they may have. president@raffwu.org.au James Searle, Treasurer James has 10 years experience working in the Retail and Fast Food industry, including at Pizza Hut, Coles and Woolworths. Like so many others, James has experienced the impact of stolen penalty rates. As a student activist, James led successful campaigns to restore funding to student union representation and welfare services – and to return important facilities and amenities lost as a result of voluntary student unionism. In 2012, James fought for and won fair treatment and pay for casual workers and in 2015 James successfully fought to prevent the privatisation of a campus co-operative. treasurer@raffwu.org.au Rose Gosper, Vice President Rose has worked in retail for over 15 years. She has worked for both small and large retailers, including roles at various print shops, Franklins Supermarket, and currently retail tile sales. Rose holds a Bachelor of Visual Communications. Rose believes that the immense collective power of the retail and fast food workforce has long gone underutilized, allowing the erosion of workers rights. She is proud to be a part of a grassroots union that is uniting this workforce to fight back for the dignity and pay that they deserve. rgosper@raffwu.org.au Josh Cullinan, Secretary Josh brings over 20 years experience representing workers in diverse industries – from major production, to higher education, to retail and fast food. Josh also worked at Woolworths for three years and across a range of service stations. A successful campaigner, Josh’s campaign for casual workers won the ACTU Best Workplace Campaign Award in 2013. Josh has led advocacy which has returned millions of dollars in wages to workers, and stopped union busting in its tracks. In 2015, Josh raised the red flag over the Coles agreement and his work was instrumental in exposing the massive theft of penalty rates across the Retail and Fast Food sectors. Now he leads the fight for members of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union. secretary@raffwu.org.au Meet Your Committee 2023 was an election year for RAFFWU and your new Committee took office on 17 November 2023 at our Annual General Meeting. The Union’s Committee is responsible for the governance and overarching strategic direction of RAFFWU. We are always member led and you will see your Committee is made up of members working in, or with experience from, workplaces across retail and fast food. We also have a growing strong network of delegates across the country. Any workplace with 4 or more members can elect RAFFWU delegates and if this is something you are interested in, get in touch! 31
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