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.
Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA is working with the Vietnam General Congress of Labour (VGCL) to prepare pro-worker responses to the rapidly changing electricity sector in Vietnam, where there are growing challenges to worker rights, environmental sustainability, and community health.
With the debate on the privatisation of energy in Australia getting increasingly heated, we look at private versus public ownership both here and abroad.