This week, UnionAID is launching a new project with Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW) Indonesia to address forced labour and human trafficking in Indonesia’s fisheries sector. With thanks to our Kiwi …
Tackling dire working conditions in Indonesia’s fisheries Read More »
On 1 September 2023, the living wage rate in Aotearoa increased to $26 per hour. Thanks to grassroots movements like The Living Wage Campaign, thousands of workers will receive a pay …
Join the global living wage movement: give just 1 hour’s living wage Read More »
Food, like the spirit of solidarity, knows no boundaries. It speaks a universal language, binding us all in its rich tapestry of flavours, textures, and memories. This unique recipe book …
Flavours of Solidarity – new UnionAID cookbook out now Read More »
Mindanao and Indonesia After the Indonesian and Mindanao Young Leader Programmes wound up recently in Auckland and Wellington respectively and everyone said their final farewells, preparations were already underway for …
Nearly 200 people came out on a wet and windy Wellington evening recently to hear Rebecca Macfie speak on Hardship, Hope and Why Journalism still Matters. In spite of a …
Peter Conway Memorial Lecture: Rebecca Macfie on journalism Read More »
Serious human rights issues in Bangladesh have been raised by yet another murder of a union member, Rabiul Islam. He was a member of our project partner the National Garment …
Stop killings of Bangladesh garment sector unionists Read More »
Joining the Fish Vendors Cooperative in 2014 has been life changing for Juliet Mary. She says she can now feed her family three times a day, pay for school costs …
Our first UnionAID project in 2003 was providing training for workers on the Thai-Burma border with exiled unionists from the Federation of Trade Unions Burma (FTUB). Later when we visited …
The National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) in Bangladesh, representing over 111,000 members across 108 registered factory unions, launched an ambitious campaign, with support from UnionAID, advocating for a significant increase …
