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Latest news from APHEDA’s overseas projects, campaigns and events
Timor Leste Visit
Twenty East-Timorese farm and hospitality workers are sitting in a large room, fans whirring overhead. The instructor in front of them is pushing through a description of what they can expect from 6 months of working in Australia under the Seasonal Workers Program (SWP).
Welcome Brother Wira!
In March, Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA welcomed a friend, Wira Ginting, from our new partners in Indonesia LION and INABAN (the Indonesia Ban Asbestos Network). Wira visited us and unions to talk about the situation with asbestos in Indonesia, to plan to organise to stop its deadly use and to invite Australian unionists to get active in the campaign …
A new era for Vietnam’s labour rights
Vietnam will legislate freedom of association and collective bargaining laws as a result of a new pact between the Vietnamese government and the US government. As part of the TPP negotiations, Vietnam agreed to legislate for the right for new …
Five Reasons … for refugee solidarity
APHEDA Executive Officer Kate Lee reflects on the incredible #LetThemStay mobilisation in support of the doctors and hospital staff in Brisbane who refused to discharge Baby Asha back to detention – and outlines five reasons why supporting refugees is union business.
Asbestos. Not here. Not anywhere.
We know asbestos kills. In some countries asbestos is still mined, manufactured and used. Everyday thousands of people are still exposed to deadly asbestos. While some people profit, other people die. The World Health Organisation says the most efficient way to...
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA People: Meet Michelle
We welcomed Michelle to the Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA Board at our last Annual General Meeting. Michelle is a Senior Industrial Officer at The ASU – The Services Union – Queensland and has been very involved in the Queensland Activist group.
MEAA and Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA join forces to advance journalism in East Timor
Today, on the 40th anniversary of the murder of Australian journalist Roger East in Dili in 1975, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance is announcing an expansion of its planned scholarship program for East Timorese journalists.
ENDING ASBESTOS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is organising a study tour to Australia for a group of Vietnamese and Lao officials and civil society activists who are involved in environmental health issues and pushing for a ban on asbestos in their respective countries.