“Destruction of the Natural World is a Criminal Act”
At time of writing it is being reported that most of Australia’s devastating recent bushfires have been extinguished, including in the country’s hardest-hit state of New South Wales. Before that news was announced, TUED participating unions and allies in the Asia-Pacific region were actively involved in monitoring and responding to the fires, and have issued a statement. Signed by well over 50 union bodies from 17 countries across the region, the statement is an impressive show of international solidarity for climate justice.
The statement is available on the TUED website, here.
Signatory Unions
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) Asia-Pacific
Public Services International (PSI), Asia Pacific
UnionsACT, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Australian Education Union, Australia
Electrical Trades Union, Australia
National Tertiary Education Union, Australia
United Workers Union, Australia
Australia Asia Worker Links
Climate Justice Union WA, Australia
Sentro ng mag Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO), Philippines
General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT), Nepal
Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress, Bangladesh
National Workers Congress (NWC), Sri Lanka
All Pakistan Workers Confederation, Pakistan
Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union – APVVU, India
Telengana Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union-TVVU, India
Karnataka Vyavasaya utpathidarula Union-KVVU
Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU), South Korea
The Labor and Civil Society Network on Energy, South Korea
National Centre for Labour(an apex body of Unorganised workers unions in India)- NCL-India
National Agricultural Workers Forum, India – NAWF
New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA), New Zealand
All Sindh Lady Health Workers and Employees Union, Pakistan
Indian National Defence Workers Federation, India
Confederation of Public Sector Independent Trade Unions, Sri Lanka
National Organisation of Government Employees, India
Union of Public Services in Nepal, Nepal
Federation of Hotel, Restaurant, Plaza, Apartment, Catering and Tourism Workers’ Free Union (FSPM), Indonesia
National Federation of Food and Beverage Workers (FSBMM), Indonesia
Kesatuan Pekerja Pekerja Perkilangan Perusahaan Makanan/Food Industry Employees’ Union (KPPPM/FIEU), Malaysia
Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF)
Jatiyo Kisani Shramik Samity – National Women Farmers & Workers (NWFA), Bangladesh
Nestlé Employees’ Union (NEU), Bangladesh
Perfetti van Melle Employees Union (PVMEU), Bangladesh
Catering & Hotels Industries Employees General Union (CHIEGU), Hong Kong
Nestlé Workers Union (NWU), Hong Kong
Swire Beverages Hong Kong Employees General Union (SBHKEGU)
Vitasoy Employees Union, Hong Kong
Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation (CFSWF)
Gujarat Khet Kamdar Sangathan’s (Gujarat Agricultural Labour Union) (GALU), India
Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India
Pakistan Food Workers’ Federation (PFWF)
Tourism Employees Association of Maldives (TEAM)
National Union of Hospitality, Catering and Tourism Industries Employees (NUHCTIE), Fiji
Cooks and Servers Workers’ Union (CSWU), Thailand
Phuket Federation of Hotel and Service Labour (FHSL), Thailand
Schreiber Dynamix Dairies Employees Union, India
Imsofer (Ferrero) Manufacturing Employees Union, India
Haryana Breweries Limited Mazdoor Union, India
Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers’ Union (CMU), Sri Lanka
AFFM- Food Allied Workers, Myanmar/Burma
Hotel Chitthu Township Labour Organization, Bagan-Nyaung Oo (HLOB), Myanmar/Burma
Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar [AFFM], Myanmar/Burma
Etu, New Zealand
NZ Dairy Workers Union, New Zealand
Unite Union, New Zealand
Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) is a global, multi-sector trade union initiative to advance democratic direction and control of energy in a way that promotes solutions to the climate crisis, energy poverty, the degradation of both land and people, and responds to the attacks on workers’ rights and protections. TUED is is part of the Global Labour Institute Network.
For more information on how your union can be part of TUED, see here.