Organising informal and renewable energy workers

Country

India, Indonesia

Project Description

Support trade unions to secure their role in the just energy transition. This project aims to secure decent work and trade union rights in the informal coal sector and the renewable energy sector. It seeks to ensure that trade unions are included in the decision-making process for a just transition and build union strength throughout this process. Additionally, the project focuses on consolidating workers' rights, both formal and informal, in the existing energy sector, ensuring that unions are recognised as equal partners in the transition.

Project Partners

INTUC, HMS, SEWA, KSPI, KSBSI

News from the field

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  Union power for climate justice in Indonesia 

  Indonesia is the largest thermal coal exporter in the world, but that will change in the coming years ahead. A significant shift away from fossil fuels in Indonesia is coming, and it will massively affect the workforce.

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  Photo reportage: Workers push for renewable, public energy in Indonesia

  Unions covering workers in Indonesia’s mostly state-owned coal-fired power sector are pushing for a just transition to renewable energy while retaining public ownership. Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA has joined the global union, Public Services International (PSI), to support their goal. 

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  Indian women workers benefit from solar power

  Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA works with the Self Employed Women Association (SEWA), India’s largest women’s trade union.