Better Work/Better World
we rise together in cross-border solidarity
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Support action by working people in the Asia-Pacific region to build unions, provide skills training, and take collective action that improves their lives.
We invest the money we raise into partner organisations in developing countries with the experience, courage and knowledge to build the collective power of working people. Our partners identify their priorities and solutions and we support them through funding, advice and monitoring to ensure that projects deliver lasting change.




Tackling dire working conditions in Indonesia’s fisheries
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

Trade unions call for a ‘new social contract’ in pursuit of the SDGs
Trade unions are calling for a ‘New Social Contract’ to revitalise progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Addressing widespread insufficiencies, they urge the creation of more sustainable jobs and

Join the global living wage movement: give just 1 hour’s living wage
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

Flavours of Solidarity – new UnionAID cookbook out now
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

News from our young leader programmes
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

Peter Conway Memorial Lecture: Rebecca Macfie on journalism
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