Asia Pacific Currents

Saturdays 9 - 9.30AM

In English.

APC first went to air in the mid 1980s. We broadcast stories and issues from the Asia Pacific region from a labour and grassroots perspective.

The programs feature regular interviews with labour and human rights activists of the Asia Pacific region, updates on solidarity campaigns and reports of labour and progressive struggles in the region.

Presented by Piergiorgio Moro, Kavitha Chandra-Shekeran and Jiselle Hanna.

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 Australia-Asia Worker Links (AAWL) was established in 1979 by Australian activists who wanted to promote international worker solidarity. AAWL works to build international solidarity links between workers as the best means to develop and strengthen workers' rights in the Asia Pacific region.

APC can be contacted AAWL's AAWL website
AAWL email
03 9663 7277
PO Box 45, South Carlton, Victoria, 3053. Australia

CRAM Guide June 2008

Asia Pacific Currents

How can people in different countries find out what is really going on in terms of labour relations in other countries? How can they join together to campaign in solidarity on the issues that face them? Asia Pacific Currents on 3CR aims to make these things possible.

Asia Pacific Currents is the radio program of Australia Asia Worker Links. It first went to air on 3CR way back in 1983. It was part of Australia Asia Worker Links’ plan to reach out to a greater number of people as well as supporting a labour-based, progressive media outlet.
Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL) was established in 1979 by Australian activists who were working with labour and left wing movements in South Korea. They were soon joined by other activists with knowledge of the situation and struggles in Malaysia and the Philippines.

AAWL works to build international solidarity links between workers as the best means to develop and strengthen workers' rights in the Asia Pacific region. Asia Pacific Currents features regular interviews with labour and human right activists of the Asia Pacific region, updates on solidarity campaigns, and reports of labour and progressive struggles in the region.

The aims of AAWL, as part of the labour movement in the Asia Pacific region, are:
·    To support workers in their demand for work, for a living wage, for health and safety, proper conditions, respect for human rights, and the right to organise in unions and take industrial action.
·    To support women workers in their demand for equal rights at work and in society, and the right to control their own lives.
·    To support indigenous people in their demand for land rights.
·    To promote international solidarity among workers by developing exchange programs, education projects and information networks.
·    To develop policies to advance the rights of workers, and promote respect for the sacrifices made by workers in their struggle.
·    To advance the idea of international solidarity amongst workers and trade unions as the best way to improve the living standards of all workers.

Asia Pacific Currents is a unique program that is able to access AAWL’s network - which has been developed over almost 30 years - to broadcast stories and issues from a partisan labour and grassroots perspective. We focus on hearing from people directly involved in organising campaigns and actions.

Recent stories include a report on the killings of trade unionists in the Philippines, organising for workers’ compensation in southern India, the significance of the Malaysian election results, organising workers in new trade union organisations in Pakistan, the situation for workers in Palestine, and the issue of health and safety for Chinese workers.