Young leaders making their mark
In 2009 we welcomed our first group of young community leaders from Myanmar here in Wellington. At the time Myanmar was still under the control of the military junta and citizens’ rights were severely...
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Dalit Workers Gaining Freedom
Since 2011 the focus of our work in India with the Tamil Nadu Labour Union (TNLU) has been on establishing co-operatives with Dalit and Tribal workers so they can gain independence from money lenders...
Solidarity – Spring 2018
In this nineteenth edition of Solidarity magazine we celebrate backpay received by 440 manual scavengers in Tamil Nadu, have a look at the first BPO union strike in the Philippines and see the results...
Welcoming Violet
UnionAID is growing! This winter Violet Wilson-Baird joined our team in a part-time Executive Assistant role in Wellington Violet has a background in the arts and grassroots activism and is studying at Victoria University....
10 Years of changing lives
1 May next year marks ten years since UnionAID was established. We’ll be hosting events to celebrate in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. If you’d like to help as a volunteer or organise an event...
Solidarity Autumn 2018
This eighteenth edition of Solidarity magazine looks at Prime Minister Jacinda Adern announcing the Indonesia Young Leaders’ Programme, Dalit women establish their own jaggery production plant and Tamil girls value the opportunity to go...
Welcome Laila Harre
We are very pleased to welcome Laila Harre to UnionAID as the full-time programme manager for the Indonesia Young Leaders Programme. Laila brings a wealth of experience and energy to the role and will...