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Helen Clark’s address to the ITUC World Congress

{ Posted on Aug 18 2010 by UnionAID }
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Categories : Solidarity, Autumn 2010, Uncategorized
Taken from APHEDA's website 15 July 2010 The International Trade Union Confederation 2nd World Congress took place in Vancouver, 21 - 25 June 2010 Remarks by Helen Clark to the ITUC World Congress Thank you for inviting me to address you today at ...Read More »

Solidarity, Autumn 2010

{ Posted on Mar 25 2010 by UnionAID }
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Categories : Solidarity, Autumn 2010
The second issue of Solidarity, the newsletter of the Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust, is available below.  This issue looks at what happens to the money you donate to UnionAID. New Zealand Premiere of Breaking the Silence: Burma’s Resistance Building bridges in Sri Lanka What ...Read More »

Building bridges in Sri Lanka

{ Posted on Mar 25 2010 by UnionAID }
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Categories : Solidarity, Autumn 2010, Sri Lanka
A new UnionAID project is currently being piloted in Sri Lanka which seeks to build relationships, and community activity, across ethnic groups who have been divided by the bitter civil war. UnionAID has forged a new partnership with the Free Trade ...Read More »

What your donations are funding in India

{ Posted on Mar 25 2010 by UnionAID }
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Categories : India, Solidarity, Autumn 2010
The UnionAID project in Tamil Nadu is a really good example of life-changing benefits for a relatively modest investment. A recent evaluation of the project has confirmed that, not only is the project enabling dalit workers to achieve impressive monetary gains, ...Read More »

Project gains in human rights

{ Posted on Mar 25 2010 by UnionAID }
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Categories : India, Solidarity, Autumn 2010
Gender equality and women’s empowerment Improved women’s access to entitlements under government and union agreements, strong participation and leadership by women within the union, a reported reduction in domestic violence from 25-15% increasing education of girls in Dalit and Tribal families. Reduction in discrimination against ...Read More »

Union cards free cremation workers from police intimidation

{ Posted on Mar 25 2010 by UnionAID }
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Categories : India, Solidarity, Autumn 2010
Union identity cards have put a stop to police harassment of cremation workers, according to Allahasami, the Cremation Workers’ Union President. Since joining the Tamil Nadu Labour Union (TNLU) these illiterate workers asked for – and designed themselves - a ...Read More »

Getting value for your donation

{ Posted on Mar 25 2010 by UnionAID }
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Categories : Solidarity, Autumn 2010
UnionAID works in several ways to ensure that every dollar you donate makes the maximum contribution possible to helping workers in developing countries improve lives. Firstly, we keep our administration costs to an absolute minimum. CTU staff members Sue Windsor and ...Read More »

Comment, Solidarity Autumn 2010

{ Posted on Mar 25 2010 by UnionAID }
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Categories : Burma, India, Solidarity, Autumn 2010
Late last year I took part in a participatory evaluation of our UnionAID projects in South India and on the Thai-Burma border. I spent a week with each project and, after meetings and visits with many participating workers, it’s great to ...Read More »

New Zealand Premiere of Breaking the Silence: Burma’s Resistance

{ Posted on Mar 25 2010 by UnionAID }
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Categories : Burma, Solidarity, Autumn 2010
A new Canadian documentary directed by Pierre Mignault and filmed secretly inside Burma showcases the country’s little known networks of resistance movements. It sheds light on the enormous risks taken by ordinary Burmese, and their long struggle to remove the ...Read More »