Maung Maung is the President of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM). Since the military coup, trade unionists have been persecuted, jailed, forced into hiding or exile, and stripped of their citizenship.

MA’AN Development Centre is working with Universities to rehabilitate educational infrastructure, as the destruction of educational facilities now threatens the future of an entire generation of students.

Garment workers in Cambodia are getting results. Nine factories have already signed collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) covering more than 12,000 workers.

Across Asia and the Pacific, where asbestos-containing materials are still manufactured and used, many types of workers are at risk. Women, migrant workers, informal workers, children, older people, and persons with disabilities are affected by asbestos exposure, often outside formal employment settings, including domestic and care environments, community infrastructure, and disaster response and recovery. 

Join us in Sydney for internationalism’s night of nights at our annual Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA Global Solidarity Dinner. This year has taken us to unsettling new places and now, more than ever, it’s important to come together as a community to celebrate the hard-fought wins through the power of worker-to-worker solidarity! The powerful few who continue […]