UnionAID - workers in New Zealand helping workers overseas
Who we areUnions Aotearoa International Development Trust (UnionAID) is a charitable trust established by the NZ Council of Trade Unions – Te Kauae Kaimahi to express its solidarity with partners in developing countries struggling to protect and promote the rights of workers and their families. UnionAID is an independent charitable trust through which New Zealand workers can contribute to international development by supporting unions and workers and their families in developing countries.More
What we doUnionAID is currently supporting union partners working with Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot on the Burma-Thailand border, and with Dalit workers in Tamil Nadu, India. UnionAID works with the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB), which provides training and support for Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot. The FTUB was formed by Burmese workers, who with their families, have fled the military regime in Burma by crossing the border into Thailand. Learning about local labour rights and how to organise gives the workers a chance to move beyond poverty.More
How to helpDonate. In developing countries your donation goes a long way. Every dollar donated will help workers lift their families out of poverty through training and education projects. The more you give the more we can do. If you are able to make a one-off donation that is wonderful, but a direct debit or automatic payment is what helps our organisation continue its work.More
Education kitThe purpose of this kit is to provide a resource which can be used by unions to introduce international development issues into union education work and union meetings. The kit draws on the real life experience of two projects which UnionAID has partnered, an education project for Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot Thailand, and a union capacity building project for Dalit (untouchable) and Tribal (indigenous) workers in Tamil Nadu India.More
Hi all, I’m Stephen Day – I work at TEU and I do some design work for the UnionAID team from time to time. This year I’ve decided to run the Rotorua Marathon. Rotorua Marathon is one complete circle of Lake Rotorua and is New Zealand’s most run, and walked, marathon. It’s also one of [...]
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FLAVOURS OF SOLIDARITY UnionAID Cookbook Recipes from India and South East Asia Limited edition – get your orders NOW! UnionAID has compiled a set of fabulous Indian and South East Asian recipes and is publishing these in a small but perfectly formed book of easy to make and delicious recipes – a cookbook you will really [...]
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UnionAID has had an active few months developing new project options. A new project in Sri Lanka, starting in the new year, will establish a Women’s Centre in Eastern Sri Lanka from which two organisers will provide support and union organisation for more than 5,000 Tamil women workers in garment factories which have been established [...]
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Increasingly experts are questioning the role of aid in the reduction of poverty. Some are even suggesting that at times it might contribute to the problem. So what development programmes should we support? The United Nations has claimed that co-operatives not only achieve the common goals of their members but also promote “poverty reduction, employment [...]
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Gareth Morgan has agreed to match us dollar for dollar up to $30,000 a year with our fundraising for the new Tamil Nadu project. Thanks to hard work from UnionAID activists, and generous donations from our supporters, we are on track to meet that target for the first six months of the project. Our sincere [...]
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In Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border, new migrants from Burma are learning valuable work skills thanks to the Occupational Training Centre set up by the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) with support from UnionAID. Yin Yin and La Ka Prae Moo crossed the border in the hope of finding work in Thailand [...]
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