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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Colombia Gold Miners Improve Pay, Win Worker Rights
The Solidarity Center Podcast
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CONVERSATIONS WITH WORKERS (& OTHER SMART PEOPLE) WORLDWIDE SHAPING THE WORKPLACE FOR THE BETTER
Hosted by Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau
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Tips to Help Delivery Drivers Form Unions
When a worker dies on the job, shouldn’t their families receive some compensation from the company? App-based delivery drivers and other gig workers don’t. Despite unfair working conditions, many gig workers need to be convinced to join together to get the basic...
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Solidarity Center in the News
[Rubber News] Firestone Liberia contractors vote to unionize; Bridgestone says third-party workers not eligible to join FAWUL union
"We're so proud of these workers who overwhelmingly voted to exercise their right to join a union," Shawna Bader-Blau, executive director of the Solidarity Center, told Rubber News Sept. 6. "We'll continue to support them along with the USW as they now turn their...
[Sourcing Journal] Heat Check: Searing Temps Lead to Unsafe Working Conditions in the Global South
All of this ends up having a “compounding impact, not only on workers, who are predominantly female, but their families as well,” said Sonia Mistry, climate and labor justice director at the Solidarity Center, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. Workers who are not...
[Vogue] What Bangladesh’s political shake-up means for fashion
“You’re colluding with an authoritarian regime or with repressive police institutions if you’re not taking the proactive step of clearly enforcing rules with your suppliers as a brand,” said Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau.
