UnionAID Study Group to Thai-Burma Border
UnionAid is planning a study tour to Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border from the 23rd to the 28th January 2012 As well as visiting the new UnionAID Occupational Skills Training Centre the study...
Category: Mae Sot, Thailand
Study tour to Mae Sot and Bangkok January 2012
The programme has yet to be finalised and will depend on numbers. We will contact those who have expressed interest within the next month or two.
Mae Sot project success
The new UnionAID skills training centre in Mae Sot is already a great success with all of the trainees obtaining work in local factories on completion of their training. In addition to the first...
First skills training classroom already built
Building of our skills training centre for Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot is well underway. The first classroom has been built and training has already begun. Just before Christmas UnionAID received the exciting...
Project priorities for 2011
UnionAID has established the following priorities for our project work in 2011: 1. The FTUB Mae Sot project The establishment of the skills training centre for Burmese migrant workers is our first priority for...
Notes from the field: Mae Sot
Kathryn Baldwin recently returned from working for six weeks as a volunteer with the UnionAID Project in Mae Sot. One of her strongest impressions was the lack of freedom or rights for the migrant...
Burma Border Study Tour Jan/Feb 2012
UnionAid is planning a study tour to Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border early next year. As well as visiting our new Occupational Skills Training Centre the study tour will be a unique opportunity...
Ross Wilson talking about UnionAID on Radio New Zealand, 24 October 2010
Ross Wilson talking to Chris Laidlaw on Radio NZ’s Sunday Morning Ideas show, 24 October 2010 (Labour Day).
Skills training for migrant workers
The UnionAID project in Mae Sot is planning to establish an occupational training centre for Burmese migrant workers over the next year, with the first workshop/classroom being built over the next few months. Our...
