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April 29, 2016
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. Read more
April 21, 2016
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 ... Read more
March 24, 2016
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. Read more
March 24, 2016
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). Read more
March 24, 2016
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 ... Read more
March 23, 2016
We need you to support the Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA raffle in 2018 to make it our best raffle yet. Find all the promotional material and raffle resources you need here. Read more
March 1, 2016
APHEDA will work with the Fiji Congress of Trade Unions to help people in affected communities to rebuild their homes, working with the local sugar and teachers’ unions. Fiji unions have established a fund to support people rebuild homes destroyed by the cyclone. Read more