E tū is Aotearoa’s largest aviation union with membership at more than 6,000 members.
We represent multiple sub-industries, including:
- Cabin crew
- Airport workers (i.e. cargo and ground handlers, passenger services, cleaners)
- Border services and security
- Catering services
- Aircraft engineers and refuellers
- Airline workers
We’re fighting for safe airports in which all aviation workers are valued and treated with respect. By bringing aviation workers together, E tū has the power to ensure that aviation workers are paid fairly, have safe and decent conditions, and have a voice with employers and across the sector.
As aviation grows again in the post-Covid era we are campaigning to make sure that it is a sustainable, high wage, high skill industry for workers. E tū is the only union with coverage and scale across aviation and as we grow we are successfully winning better pay and conditions, stopping outsourcing of jobs, building more unity between workers, and making progress towards ensuring that everyone earns at least the minimum wage.
Our campaigns
E tū aviation workers are organising for:
- Safe Airports
- Living Wage
- Decent Work
Aviation Industry Council
E tū aviation members industry-wide interests are represented on our National Executive by the elected Aviation Industry Council convenor.
E tū has six Industry Councils, including Aviation, each of which serves a two-year term.
The councils are made up of E tū delegates who are appointed by the E tū National Executive, following expressions of interest from delegates nationwide.
The council’s members represent their given industry on their specific Industry Council.
Each Industry Council also elects a convenor, who sits on the National Executive.
Two representatives from the Industry Council (including the convenor) attend the E tū Biennial Conference – the highest decision-making body in the union.