Solidarity, Summer 2013-14
This tenth issue of Solidarity announces new projects in Fiji, and in the tourism and hospitality sector in Myanmar. it also has the exciting news that Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon Murray McCully, has agreed...
Category: Solidarity, Summer 2013-14
Dan Long Trust gives large donation
The Dan Long Trust has given UnionAID a very generous donation of $1,485.41. This represents the royalties from the recent biography of Dan Long, “White Collar Radical” written by Mark Derby. Dan Long was...
Snippets
Promising project with nurses from northern Thailand Nurses from an area of northern Thailand have requested some help to address industrial issues. They are members of the Nursing Union of Thailand and, at a...
New projects to start in the New Year
UnionAID is delighted that, after some time seeking a suitable project partner in the Pacific, we are planning a project to assist low wage workers with the National Union of Factory and Commercial Workers...
Myanmar military legacy lingers for railway workers
In spite of moves towards democracy in Myanmar since 2011, the legacy of the military regime still lingers on, as Wayne Butson, General Secretary of the New Zealand Rail and Maritime Union, found when...
‘Working more effectively’: Field work project in Chin state
The most impoverished state in Burma, Chin, is over-run with small non-government organisations (NGOs) which traditionally do not work together. Victor, who attended our Burma Young Community Leaders Programme (BYCLP) last year, has just...
Season’s greetings
Best wishes and thanks to all our UnionAID supporters. I have been in Burma for much of the year working for the International Labour Organisation and I would like to acknowledge and thank Christine...
Pacific project to help low wage workers in Fiji
Keen to help our neighbourhood unionists in the Pacific, UnionAID has for some time been on the look out for a suitable project partner in this region. With assistance from Laila Harre, who worked...
Promoting ethical tourism in Myanmar
Myanmar is universally hailed as a friendly and unspoilt tourist destination. If this reputation is to be preserved, however, the tourism industry cannot be allowed to exploit the workers who, through encounters in restaurants...