South Asian Regional Trade Union Council

04/05/2026

May Day 2026: Some Glimpses

01/05/2026

On this International Workers’ Day 2026, we reaffirm our commitment to unity, social justice, and the dignity of labour. Guided by the spirit of South Asian Regional Trade Union Council, let us strengthen solidarity across South Asia to ensure decent work, social protection, and the rights of all workers, especially the most vulnerable. Together, we build workers’ power for a fair and inclusive future.

19/12/2025

19/12/2025

Ten workers’ federations in Bangladesh have formally come together to establish the Bangladesh Confederation of Trade Unions (BCTU), marking a major milestone for the country’s labour movement and opening a new chapter of unity, solidarity, and collective strength for workers nationwide.

13/12/2025

Statement on the unlawful arrest of workers for peaceful strike action and our demand for their immediate release.

Statement on the unlawful arrest of workers for peaceful strike action and our demand for their immediate release.

International Labour Organization ITUC - Asia Pacific Solidarity Center IUF Asia/Pacific IUF: The food, farm, hotels and more global union IOM - UN Migration
Bodu kanneli Masveringe Union Tourism Employees Association of Maldives (TEAM) Teachers Association of Maldives Maldives Port Workers Union - MPWU Maldives Journalists Association Maldives Health Professional's Union- MHPU

13/12/2025

SARTUC stands in firm solidarity with the detained trade unionists of the Maldives. We are outraged by reports that, just one day after Human Rights Day, Maldivian authorities have chosen to jail those exercising their fundamental right to peaceful protest.

Police have arrested members of the Bodu kanneli Masveringe Union and the Tourism Employees Association of Maldives (TEAM) for exercising their fundamental right to peaceful assembly. Among those detained is Mauroof Zakir Matey Xakir Member of Parliament and President of the Maldives Trade Union Congress-MTUC.

This is a direct assault on:
✔ Freedom of Association & Peaceful Assembly (ILO C87 & C98)
✔ Democratic norms and parliamentary dignity.

As the South Asian Regional Trade Union Council, we stand in unwavering solidarity with our affiliate – Maldives Trade Union Congress-MTUC and all arrested workers. We condemn these arrests in the strongest terms.

We call on the Maldivian authorities to:
➡ Immediately and unconditionally release Mauroof Zakir and all detained trade unionists and workers.
➡ Drop all charges against them.
➡ Respect and guarantee all trade union rights and democratic freedoms without fear of reprisal.

An attack on unions in one country is an attack on our collective struggle across South Asia.
We urge the ILO and all democratic forces to take note.

08/10/2025

04/08/2025

Asia-Pacific Trade Union Leaders’ Conference — “From Precarity to Power: Organizing for Platform Workers in Asia-Pacific” on 29–31 July 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal.



GEFONT-General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions
NTUC-Nepal Trade Union Congress
अखिल नेपाल ट्रेड युनियन महासंघ पेज
Joint Trade Union Coordination Centre - JTUCC
International Trade Union Confederation Nepal Affiliate Council

प्लेटफर्ममा आधारित श्रमिकहरूको हक अधिकारको विषयमा अन्तर्राष्ट्रियस्तरमै बहस तीव्र हुँदै गएको छ। हालै सम्पन्न I...

31/07/2025

Asia-Pacific Trade Union Leaders’ Conference — “From Precarity to Power: Organizing for Platform Workers in Asia-Pacific” on 29–31 July 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

प्लेटफर्म श्रमिकका लागि सशक्त आवाज काठमाडौँमा सम्पन्न एशिया‑प्रशान्त ट्रेड युनियन नेताहरूको सम्मेलन

काठमाडौँ, २९–३१ जुलाई २०२५ — प्लेटफर्म श्रमिकको अधिकार, सामाजिक सुरक्षा र संगठन निर्माणको सुदृढीकरणका लागि एशिय....

27/07/2025

"Unappreciated Socio-economic Contribution of Women in the Context of Care Work" on 25 July 2025 in Kathmandu.

24/07/2025

Regional Meeting in Jakarta (22–23 July 2025) to strengthen trade union solidarity in the fight against forced labour and for fair migration governance.