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.

Unions and activists alike took up the call around the country to organise Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA activities to foster solidarity between working people in Australia and around the world.

Since 2024, SA Unions and the Working Women’s Centre SA have teamed up to support two Timorese women unionists to travel to Adelaide and participate in the Anna Stewart Memorial project.

In the face of injustice, unity is power. Melissa, an organiser with the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association and Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA member, is an example of what workers can achieve when they stand together. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Melissa experienced racist behaviour in her own hospital. But she took action. By […]

Dr Cynthia Maung founded the Mae Tao Clinic 38 years ago along the Thailand-Burma border, in Mae Sot. Since the 2021 coup, Mae Sot has become a sanctuary for many Burmese refugees, in particular tens of thousands of ethnic Karen and other Burmese minorities who subsist on the fringes of the Thai economy and await a brighter future.

16 representatives from six Asia-Pacific nations – Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Fiji, Indonesia, and Malaysia – travelled to Sydney to participate in the 2026 Asbestos Conference.