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40 years of global solidarity

We are uniting Australian unions with workers globally in partnership for the achievement of dignity at work, social justice, economic equality and the realisation of human rights.

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With your support, Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA’s partner organisations, the MA’AN Development Centre, will provide access to water, food (when possible), hygiene kits and humanitarian aid to people in Gaza and Lebanon.

We won’t take a backwards step—with unity and determination, we can help people survive this crisis and make a stand for a lasting peace.

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Celebrating Internationalism: Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA 2025 Solidarity Dinners

June 30, 2025

A year ago, we celebrated our 40th birthday with parties in Melbourne and Sydney. We were honoured to hear from unionists and human rights defenders from as far as Fiji to Western Sahara, demonstrating the breadth of our concern and our friendships. This year we’re repeating the dose, putting on internationalism night of nights – not once but twice.

Bombs, drones, Kindergartens and the Camps of Beirut

June 30, 2025

Abeer Al Saleh works part-time at the Palestinian Women's Humanitarian Organization in Lebanon. Abeer’s daughter, seven-year-old Rusul, was born into the Burj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Beirut, a great-grandchild of the first Nakba of 1948. This was Israel’s first brutal expulsion, forcing an estimated 750,000 people from Palestine and killing another 10,000 to create the state of Israel. This is not just the story of an aid worker—it’s the ongoing story of Palestinian refugees, generations after the Nakba.

Union Power Works: Global Rallies Deliver Results for Lululemon Supplier Workers

June 30, 2025

Global solidarity is paying off. After coordinated union actions around the world, pressure has pushed the Lululemon supplier back to the table—and it’s working. Talks between the union and factory management have resumed, and already there’s a major breakthrough: five sacked union leaders have been reinstated with full backpay.

42 Partner Organisations Across 13 Countries

We support strong unions and social movements in 13 countries across Southeast Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, and Southern Africa, partnering with 42 local unions and organisations on 30 Projects and Campaigns.

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Our People & Community

We are about people. People working together to make things better for all. Every Union Aid Abroad APHEDA supporter, member, activist and participant here in Australia and all around the world contributes to the work it takes to tackle inequality and injustice.

A photo of eight Vietnamese women meetng around a table for the Vietnam Network Meeting of Women

We really need to make sure that if we want to not just better Australia, we need to better the whole world.

SOPHIE LEONARD, FIELD ORGANISER, CPSU IN BRISBANE

40 years of global solidarity

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Celebrating Internationalism: Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA 2025 Solidarity Dinners

Bombs, drones, Kindergartens and the Camps of Beirut

Union Power Works: Global Rallies Deliver Results for Lululemon Supplier Workers

42 Partner Organisations Across 13 Countries

Our People & Community

We really need to make sure that if we want to not just better Australia, we need to better the whole world.

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As unionists we know that coming together makes work and our community better. Internationalism is the next step.

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Working to support APHEDA’s work even in this small way has been incredibly rewarding and provided me with a more meaningful motivation for why I make art.

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