In 2019, a year after a law was passed in the Philippines to promote workers’ health and safety, there were over 40,000 reported occupational injuries and nearly 55,000 cases of
UnionAID’s Wellington quiz night raising funds for Filipino paint factory workers Read More »
In partnership with the Alliance of Nationalist and Genuine Labour Organization (ANGLO), UnionAID is supporting a focused initiative to strengthen occupational safety and health (OSH) knowledge and practice among
Asserting Paint Workers’ Right to Occupational Safety and Health Read More »
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
UnionAID supports the BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN) and their vital campaign to ensure call centre workers in the Philippines receive a living wage. Their ongoing campaign aims to secure
UnionAID backs Philippines call centre workers in fight for living wages Read More »
Ariana Olar has recently arrived in Wellington with the 2021 and 2022 cohorts of young leaders from Mindanao in the Philippines. Ariana has just finished managing Workers’ Watch, a three
Labour rights activist joins Mindanao Young Leaders Programme Read More »
After six months of online classes the ten young leaders respectively from Mindanao and Indonesia 2022 groups have come together in-country to get to know one another and meet their
Ten young leaders from Mindanao and Indonesia respectively have started their sustainable development course and met one another online for the first time. As with other years, participants are from
Who would have thought serenading the government with a Christmas carol about pay and conditions for call centre members would be a useful campaigning tool? But this has been just
Inspirasi (Indonesia) and Mindanao: Both these programmes have recruited ten and eight participants respectively from a wide range of civil society organisations, with completely revamped sustainable development courses for each.
Increasing repression of trade unions and COVID-19 restrictions have not stopped staff at BIEN in the Philippines continuing to build the power of call centre workers. Eight workshops with these
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