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Better World
UnionAID supports working people, advocating for their rights so we can have better work and a better world for all of us.
Together we can alleviate poverty and achieve social justice for working people in Asia and the Pacific.
What we do
Peter Conway Memorial Lecture 2022: Behrouz Boochani, Journalist and Human Rights Campaigner
UnionAID is pleased to announce that Behrouz Boochani will give the sixth annual Peter Conway Memorail Lecture in Wellington on the 4th of July 2022.
Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian writer, journalist, scholar, filmmaker and human rights campaigner. His bestselling and multi-award winning book, No Friend But The Mountains has been published in over twenty countries around the world and has been optioned for a feature film.
Behrouz was a political prisoner incarcerated by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea for almost seven years before escaping to New Zealand in November 2019.
The annual memorial lecture is held by UnionAID in honour of Peter Conway; trade union leader, economist, internationalist and founding trustee of UnionAID who sadly died in 2015. Peter dedicated his life to advocating for working people in New Zealand and developing countries, particularly in the Pacific. These annual lectures keep that mission alive.
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For May Day 2022, UnionAID has joined forces with Good Fortune Coffee Co to bring you the “Solidarity” blend.
Solidarity is an organic, fair trade, Living Wage blend from the Cooperativa Café Timor. Profit from every bag supports our work, making your small change bigger.
Our Stories
Mindanao 2022
UnionAID warmly welcomes the third cohort of young leaders from Mindanao together with its partners International Alert, Victoria University of Wellington and The New Zealand
INSPIRASI 2022
UnionAID, with its partners the Auckland University of Technology, BaKTI and the New Zealand Embassy in Jakarta, is delighted to welcome the fourth cohort of
UnionAID Funding for Two New Union Projects
Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union (FTZGSE) has been funded to build union membership campaigns around two objectives: awareness and action to end
Striking Myanmar Teachers Supported by NZ Teacher Unions
In spite of risks posed by the Myanmar military, over 475 Karen children have been able to attend home-based schooling. Classes are provided by 62
Successful Eco Project Sustains Whole Myanmar Village
In a remote village in Myanmar, a recent harvest of gourd, corn, pumpkin, beans, cucumber, radish, and marrow – to mention just a few of the
Football tournament wins new union members in Indonesia
Holding a football tournament to recruit new union members was just one of the ideas emerging from a recent workshop run by Alfian Pelu, from