On June 28, the Unions NSW council meeting adopted a motion expressing "support and solidarity with the Saharawi people in their struggle for freedom and independence. Unions NSW strongly condemns the gross violations of human rights carried out by the Moroccan regime against Saharawis, including students, workers and human rights activists in the occupied areas."
The motion urged affiliated unions to "extend assistance to the independence movement the Polisario Front through coordinated efforts".
The motion also called on the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the ALP to press the government to vote at the UN "in favour of resolutions supporting the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and to ask Australian companies to put an end to the illegal exploitation of Western Sahara natural resources through deals made with Morocco".