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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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Nigeria two umbrella union federaions hold a public event launching with civil society and government a campaign in Abuja last month to address the impact of worsening heat on Nigeria's working people.

NIGERIA: UNIONS ALLY WITH GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY ON HEAT STRESS

Built on research commissioned by the Solidarity Center, the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in May launched a heat stress campaign with other civil society groups ...
Domestic worker Tetiana Lauhina is elected to head Ukraine's first domestic worker union, labor organization Union of Home Staff (UHS). Credit: Union of Home Staff (UHS) / Solidarity Center

Ukraine: Domestic Workers Win As President Signs New Law

Soon after organizing to advocate for formal recognition as workers and protections at work, domestic workers in Ukraine won a significant victory when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a new law ...
Philippines: Garment Workers Struggle Against Union Busting

Philippines: Garment Workers Struggle Against Union Busting

Garment workers in Cebu province’s economic processing zones face an uphill battle in their fight for better working conditions as their factories push back using anti-union tactics, including the firing ...
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The Cross-Border Farmworker Rebellion

Workers in the berry fields of the United States and Mexico have the same transnational employers. Now, farmworker unions in those two nations have begun to work together. A recent exchange was organized by the Solidarity Center and the UCLA Labor Center.

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Domestic violence takes a toll on women at work. But it doesn’t have to.

Unions, employers and governments are recognizing that eradicating gender-based violence at work is necessary to achieve the safe and dignified workplaces we all want and deserve. We need to ensure that women’s voices remain at the center of these efforts to avoid repeating what we have already seen—laws, policies and enforcement that have been ineffective and have allowed the women to be targets, writes the Solidarity Center’s Robin Runge.

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Future of Work Round Table

“Today’s global supply chains contain large quantities of temporary and contract labor. There is virtually no legal accountability for lead firms when it comes to human rights, as they subcontract out the vast majority of the work – and their responsibility,” says Shawna Bader-Blau, Solidarity Center executive director.

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Eradicating Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work in Southern Africa: An M-POWER High-Level Summit
WELCOME RECEPTION Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., South African Standard Time Place: Avani Maseru Hotel, Maseru SUMMIT  Date: Thursday, July 27, 2023 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., South ...
What Does Winning Look Like: Investing in Labor Rights Campaigns to Foster Change in Repressive Systems
Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Time: 3:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT Place: National Endowment for Democracy, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 1100 Washington, D.C., DC 20004. Click here to ...

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