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Some have speculated Mexico could provide jobs that would ease the number of migrants coming into the United States from Central and South America. But that's not happened, said Joell Molina, Americas regional program director with the Solidarity Center, a workers’...
“There is common ground in recognizing that the [rapid response] mechanism has had a positive impact," said Paulo Marinaro, Solidarity Center Mexico country director. "Thanks to the legitimation processes, (workers) have been able to remove themselves from the control...
“To the extent that Western brands have pulled out unquestionably this has given carte blanche to factories to drive down labor conditions and increase violations of Burmese labor law and trade union rights,” said Dave Welsh, Myanmar country director of labor rights...
“Food and goods delivery digital platform work is already some of the most precarious, underpaid employment in Brazil,” Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia, Brazil program director at labor rights organization Solidarity Center, told Rest of World. “Any new fee that subtracts...
“Gig workers need to be working more than 12 hours a day, seven days a week across multiple platforms to make a living,” Kruskaya Hidalgo Cordero, who researches gig work platforms at labor rights organization Solidarity Center in Mexico City, told Rest of World....
The agreement involves key stakeholders such as the U.S.-based Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the Association of Cotton-Textile Clusters of Uzbekistan, the Solidarity Center, and the Uzbekistan Ministry of Employment.
The two-year agreement, whose signatories include the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the Association of Cotton-Textile Clusters of Uzbekistan, the Solidarity Center and the Uzbekistan Ministry of Employment, is a “cornerstone” of a new...
“In the absence of truly pro-women initiatives from the government and the platforms, the punto naranja sends the message that positive actions can easily be taken,” says the Solidarity Center's Kruskaya Hidalgo.
The withdrawal of Western brands from Myanmar “doesn’t mean that production is ceasing--it’s sort of the opposite,” said Dave Welsh, the Myanmar country director for Solidarity Center, a labor rights organization. “You have all kinds of nefarious actors that are more...
Monika Hartsel, deputy country program director of the Solidarity Center, a worker rights organization with an office in Bangladesh, pointed out "very dangerous" safety issues. "We’ve seen very few improvements in occupational safety,” she said. “You have the impact...