WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT
We are the largest U.S.-based international worker rights organization partnering directly with workers and their unions, and supporting their struggle for respect, fair wages, better workplaces and a voice in the global economy.
We value the dignity of work and workers. We know how all the work everyone depends on gets done–who picks the food for your table, cleans your home so you can go to the office, makes your clothes, keeps your streets clean. And at our core is every worker’s right to solve issues through collective action and to form unions.
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Unions: Key to Democracy
A vibrant labor movement is key to thriving democracies because unions reduce economic inequality, strengthen the social safety net and unite diverse groups, say Cornell University law professor Angela Cornell and Colombia union activist and labor lawyer Mery Laura...
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Solidarity Center in the News
[Reuters] Thai airport workers seek compensation for lost lunch breaks
"It's hard to imagine a more essential worker than airport security officers in a country that relies predominantly on tourism, and yet what the current exercise of rights has exposed is the systematic undermining of basic rights," said [the Solidarity Center's]...
[Vice News] What Governments Don’t Want You To Know About Modern Slavery: Video
“But really, to make the change, there has to be institutional change … not just easy fixes,” said Neha Misra, Solidarity Center global lead for migration and human trafficking. “The systems and institutions that are used to manage migration around the world inherently make migrants vulnerable to trafficking. And yet governments don’t want to do anything about immigration systems.”
[The Guardian] Top Thai union leader ‘targeted’ with jail for rail safety campaign
“They are targeting the most senior figure in the trade union movement," said David Welsh for the Solidarity Center, an international workers’ rights group that is advocating for Sawit and other union leaders.