Hope Growing Among the Produce
A new Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA project aims to improve the lives of Timor-Leste’s farmers. The nation’s farmers stand at an important cross road in the country’s development. Project Officer – Vietnam, Cambodia & Lao PDR Karine Laroche explains how organising farmers can lift the standard of living for an entire nation.
Australian Unions Dug Deep To Help Pacific Island Cyclone Rebuilds
Australian unionists gave generously to provide support to workers and communities who had lost housing and livelihoods due to Vanuatu’s Cyclone Pam in 2015 and Fiji’s Cyclone Winston in 2016.
Five Things … about life in Myanmar and Trade Unions
Myanmar (formerly Burma) has come through the turbulence of its federal election in good stead and there is a bright future for the nation’s young democratic trade union movement if it can harness the new opportunities.
Tackling Global Inequality
Inequality is on the rise in so many areas around the world. ACTU President, Ged Kearney, tackles some of the big questions on inequality in this speech delivered in Perth on Saturday 15 October at the Unions WA International Committee Conference.
