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Latest news from APHEDA’s overseas projects, campaigns and events
APHEDA features in Anti-Apartheid Exhibition
On 27 April, the anniversary of the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, Bob Hawke officially opened an exhibition on the history of the Australian anti-Apartheid movement at the Museum of Australian Democracy in old Parliament House in Canberra.
“We never knew. The factory owners told us it was safe”
Bono is the general secretary of SERBUK, an Indonesian trade union based in West Java. It was only after working in an asbestos roof sheeting factory for 17 years that Bono learned asbestos was in fact dangerous – “We never knew. The factory owners told us it was safe”.
Independent Journalism Funding Opportunity: Balibo Five—Roger East Fellowship
Applications are being sought from Timorese media makers for independent journalism fellowships. The Fellowships will provide up to $5000 USD | Aplikasaun ne’e buka husi produtores mídia Timor-oan ba parseria jurnalizmu independenti.
Bangladesh’s domestic garment industry – beyond international scrutiny
By Kate Lee, Executive Officer of Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA The Rana Plaza building collapse of April 24, 2013 rocked the Global North. 1,138 people killed and over 2,500 injured or left with disabilities. It left us all in horror and with so many questions:
Healthy Supply Chains Initiative launch
This month ACTU President and Deputy Chair of Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA, Ged Kearney, launched the Health Supply Chain initiative. Here is an extract from her powerful speech. “Something is fundamentally wrong with the way that the world is doing business. Global GDP has tripled …
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA People: Meet Charm Tong
This month we introduce you to Shan teacher and human rights activist, Charm Tong. At age six, Charm Tong was forced to leave her beloved Shan State (Burma) to escape conflict. She settled in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border with her family.
Open letter to PM on the Panama Papers
A coalition of Australian organisations has today called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to end the Government’s silence over the Panama Papers and to commit to taking action on tax dodging by wealthy individuals and corporations. Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA …
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA People: Meet Pat
Pat is an organiser with the ASU NSW/ACT and an APHEDA activist. What does it mean to be union to you? PB: It means we do better when we stick together – simple yeah? What does it mean to be APHEDA to you? PB: Global capitalism means global injustice.
Five reasons to join Union Aid Abroad- APHEDA
Executive Officer, Kate Lee takes a look at five reasons people should join Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA. We have set some ambitious membership goals – because we have to. Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA needs a reliable, independent funding source and as we increasingly...