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Our movement, as the biggest nationally organised force for change, has opportunities to collaborate with other unions in our region, with and across industries, to plan for and campaign for a future with less dependence on fossil fuels. Read more
Not only is the transition to a clean-energy economy a major opportunity to create new jobs, but it also presents workers with a new opportunity to form cooperative workplaces, secure stronger rights for working people, and build sustainable industries.Here’s a list of five actions you can take to help win a just transition! Read more
The Working Women’s Centre Timor Leste is building the collective power of women in Timor Leste through a new community outreach program that shares knowledge of workplace rights with vulnerable women workers. Read more
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revealed that they will stop allowing asbestos products to be used in their projects from 2020. This will have a major impact on the asbestos industry in Asia. Read more
On Human Rights Day, union members across Australia rallied in solidarity with their brothers and sisters in the Philippines who have been targeted by the Duterte regime. In Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, and Perth, Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA activists joined with Australian unions to tell the Duterte government to #StoptheAttacks. Read more
Our Campaign Coordinator Phillip Hazelton was interviewed on The World about the misinformation campaign that the asbestos lobby has launched in South East Asia. Watch the interview to see Phillip knock down the lies of the asbestos lobby! Read more
Philippine union members need our solidarity. The Duterte regime needs to know that the world will not remain silent while trade union members continue to be persecuted. Here are five things you can do to stand with unionists in the Philippines. Read more
At the 2019 Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA Annual General Meeting, we recognised Madame An for her tireless campaigning to secure an asbestos-free future in Vietnam. Read more
As a veteran journalist in South East Asia, Phil Thornton has dedicated his career to giving a voice to the voiceless. In his reportage on armed conflicts, workers’ rights, and social justice, Phil has learnt that “ordinary people have to get up and make a stand, otherwise there won’t be much left to stand for.” Read more

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