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.
What’s New
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NIGERIA: UNIONS ALLY WITH GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY ON HEAT STRESS
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Ukraine: Domestic Workers Win As President Signs New Law
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Philippines: Garment Workers Struggle Against Union Busting
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Solidarity Center in the News
Forced Labor Is the Backbone of the World’s Electronics Industry
Malaysia is “a booming economy… with a huge amount of foreign investment,” said David Welsh of the Solidarity Center. “But, in a region plagued with human-rights abuses and labor abuses, Malaysia is in many ways transparently the regional leader.”
New Cambodia Minimum-Wage Law Edges Closer
A joint analysis of the draft law, conducted by the Solidarity Center, CCHR and the International Trade Union Confederation, argued it did not adhere to international standards and best practices.
Violence is not part of the job. For any of us
A study on violence and harassment at work found that 20 of 80 countries surveyed had no laws to protect workers from retaliation if they reported sexual harassment, and 19 did not even have a legal definition of sexual harassment at work, writes the Solidarity Center’s Lisa McGowan. But there is a way forward. Hundreds of workers, their unions and human rights allies are at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva this week and next, where they are pushing for a global rule that includes include strong protections against gender-based violence at work.