Category Archives: Sri Lanka

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Solidarity, Summer 2011
December 8th, 2011 | Front, Fundraising, Mae Sot, Solidarity, Summer 2011, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, The Pacific | UnionAID | Comments Off
The sixth issue of Solidarity, the newsletter of the Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust, is available below. This issue introduces new projects in Sri Lanka and the Pacific, as well as updates on ongoing projects in Tamil Nadu and Mae Sot. New Projects in Sri Lanka, Mae Sot and the Pacific Worker co-operatives: Tamil Nadu Labour Union leads the [...]

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New projects in Sri Lanka, Mae Sot and the Pacific
December 8th, 2011 | Mae Sot, Sri Lanka, The Pacific | UnionAID | Comments Off
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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Project priorities for 2011
March 31st, 2011 | Mae Sot, Solidarity, Autumn 2011, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off
UnionAID has established the following priorities for our project work in 2011: 1. The FTUB Mae Sot project The establishment of the skills training centre for Burmese migrant workers is our first priority for the year. Funding from the Government’s new Sustainable Development Fund will assist with this desperately needed facility. 2. The Tamil Nadu [...]

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Ross Wilson talking about UnionAID on Radio New Zealand, 24 October 2010
November 10th, 2010 | Mae Sot, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off
Ross Wilson talking to Chris Laidlaw on Radio NZ’s Sunday Morning Ideas show, 24 October 2010 (Labour Day).

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Building bridges in Sri Lanka
March 25th, 2010 | Solidarity, Autumn 2010, Sri Lanka | UnionAID | Comments Off
A new UnionAID project is currently being piloted in Sri Lanka which seeks to build relationships, and community activity, across ethnic groups who have been divided by the bitter civil war. UnionAID has forged a new partnership with the Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union which has a record of effectiveness in a [...]

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