This year’s Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA Annual Dinner was a special occasion, marking 40 years of international solidarity backed by relentless solidarity and support from the Australian union movement, members, and activists. The event not only celebrated our achievements over the past four decades but also exciting future plans for international trade union development, including the Pacific region.
Unions covering workers in Indonesia’s mostly state-owned coal-fired power sector are pushing for a just transition to renewable energy while retaining public ownership. Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA has joined the global union, Public Services International (PSI), to support their goal.
Following a historic win in the Indonesian Supreme Court earlier this year by the Indonesian ban asbestos network, which resulted in a court order for all asbestos materials to display health warning labelling, asbestos roof sheet manufacturers in Indonesia are suing all those who brought the case to the Supreme Court for damages.
Amidst the significant challenges facing organisations serving individuals with disabilities, the Ramallah Deaf Association has emerged as an inspiring success story in transforming these challenges into real opportunities.
Our partner organisations in Timor–Leste have organised and supported thousands of farmers in 299+ cooperatives. These groups have joined forces at the municipal level to form five farmers unions, with two more to be established.