The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) is a section 21, non-profit organisation registered with the Department of Labour in South Africa. The union is a corporate body having perpetual succession and legal existence and have a constitution. It is an affiliate of the labour federation Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and even played a leading role in the establishment thereof.

The union’s core functions is recruiting and servicing its members and bargaining with employers over labour matters on its members’ behalf.