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MEDIA RELEASE: Protesters call for Pfizer to put health ahead of profits
Ahead of World Trade Organization meetings, protesters call for Pfizer to put health ahead of profits, radically shift its current sales practices and support a waiver on Covid-19 vaccine monopolies.
JOBS: Myanmar Campaign Manager
Applications close: 27th Feb 2022. The Myanmar Campaign Network is a network of Australian human rights and aid NGOs, trade unions and Myanmar diaspora organisations working to support the campaign for democracy in Myanmar.
MEDIA RELEASE: ‘Each-way bet’: Trade Minister declines to co-sponsor waiver on COVID vaccine monopolies
On the eve of an important World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting on intellectual property this week, the Government has revealed that Australia will not co-sponsor a proposal to waive commercial monopolies on COVID19 vaccines, as Shadow Trade Minister Madeleine King MP and campaigners have urged.
Solidarity with Workers Internationally for Vaccine Justice
Recently Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA received an important question from a supporter: What is the Australian union movement doing to support workers in countries where they haven’t even had their first dose yet? While we are getting our second, and discussing booster shots, there are workers in many parts of the world who haven’t had access to the vaccine at all. This is a big issue, but these workers deserve our solidarity. This was our answer …
CALLS FOR ASBESTOS BANS ACROSS ASIA AND PACIFIC INTENSIFY
The fight to ban asbestos worldwide is gaining new momentum as networks across Asia and the Pacific pledged recently to step up the battle to protect their populations from the deadly dangers of asbestos exposure at the Asia Ban Asbestos Network (ABAN) Conference 2021.
MEDIA RELEASE: EuroCham Cambodia Urges quick action and Asbestos Import Ban in Cambodia
EuroCham Cambodia has pledged its support to ban the use of deadly asbestos across the country. The move comes as global pressure to curtail its use in the construction industry steps up a gear.
ABAN 2021 Conference calls on Asian countries to speed up moves to ban deadly asbestos
On September 28-30, ban asbestos and victim networks from across the Asia Pacific region came together online for the Asia Ban Asbestos Network’s (ABAN) three-day conference.
Raffle Results 2021 – Congratulations!
The 2021 Solidarity Raffle has finished, and we congratulate everyone who bought a ticket, especially those who were lucky in the draw.
Australian unionists gather online in solidarity with Myanmar
On the Global Day of Action for Myanmar on September 15, unionists across the country tuned in to our webinar with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) to learn more about the ongoing situation in Myanmar.