May 1: the day we celebrate our union movement and all those people around the world striving, like us, for better work and a better world. Please join us at 6:30pm on 1 May at Te Auaha for drinks, food and celebration of our union movement. We will be highlighting the acheivements and struggles from …
The stop-work protest initiated by nurses and doctors two days after the recent coup in Myanmar is now a massive country-wide movement of young people, factory workers, teachers, engineers and civil society staff. Acts of defiance include a nationwide strike on February 22nd, the noisy banging of pots and pans by neighbours when activists are …
UnionAID and Wellington WEA invite you to the Aotearoa/NZ premiere of Nae Pasaran, an uplifting documentary film about Scottish factory workers who took a stand against the brutal Pinochet regime. In the Nae Pasaran spirit of solidarity, funds raised from the film will go to UnionAID’s partners organising men and women in Asia and …
UnionAID has joined 12 NZ development NGOs in supporting the Big Hearts, Connected World campaign to boost overseas aid. For years politicians have failed to deliver on New Zealand’s promise to do our bit for the global community. Now is the moment to stand with the world and face global challenges together by boosting New …
UnionAID is pleased to announce that Sharan Burrow will give the 5th annual Peter Conway Memorial Lecture in honour of Peter Conway; trade union leader, economist, internationalist and a founding trustee of UnionAID who sadly died in 2015.
The annual UnionAID quiz was held on 1 November but this year there were quizzes in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin simultaneously. After some tight competition the teams from PSA (Wellington and Dunedin) and came out on top. Over $5,000 was raised on the night thanks to the efforts of our volunteers.
