SJTTL, Timor-Leste’s largest sectoral union established in 2008, has been working to expand their private sector membership, develop workplace delegates, educate workers about labour law and social security, and build stronger systems for collective bargaining and complaints handling.

The Samoa Workers Congress (SWC) has taken an important step toward strengthening the voice of working people by bringing together its Executive Committee to develop a plan to build a stronger, more representative trade union movement.

Five public sector union organisers from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu recently spent a week with Australian sister unions in Sydney, exchanging organising strategies and learning from each other’s experiences.

In Indonesia’s coal heartland, workers face unsafe conditions, insecure jobs and exploitation. But they are organising for change. See how coal workers are fighting for decent work and safer workplaces.

In July 2026, the Philippine Department of Health launched a new National Framework for the Prevention of Asbestos-Related Diseases, establishing a national policy direction for preventing asbestos-related diseases, strengthening awareness of asbestos regulations, and promoting coordinated efforts to prevent them.