Organising and leadership training

Project

Almerio Vilanova, President KSTL and SJT-TL speaking at a minimum wage rally.

Status: Current
Focus Area: Worker's Rights
Categories: Union organising, workers rights

Country

Project Description

Supporting Timor-Leste’s largest union to organise workers in the commercial, hospitality, service, and construction industries, aiming to increase understanding of labor laws and social protections, promote collective bargaining, provide union training, and mediate disputes.

Project Partners

General Workers Union, SJTTL

News from the field

It’s time for a pay rise in Timor-Leste

Timorese unions are calling for supporters around the world to show solidarity with their campaign for a minimum wage increase.
Timor Leste: Unions continue to fight for workers’ rights against a backdrop of instability

APHEDA has been working with Unions (KSTL/SJT-TL) in Timor Leste who continue to fight for workers’ rights against a backdrop of political instability.