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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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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World Bank Woos Western Corporations to Profit From Labor of Stranded Syrian Refugees
“It is an obligation of states to not just provide jobs, but to make sure they are good jobs,” said Shawna Bader-Blau, executive director of the AFL-CIO-allied Solidarity Center. “The global garment industry does not have a good track record, especially in special economic zones. And the Jordanian government has no good track record to ensure that rights at work are protected, that dormitories have decent conditions for workers. I’d say that any temporary job program for migrants, either refugees from war or other migrants, is susceptible to exploitation absent guaranteed rights to freely form a union and collectively bargain and actively practice those rights.”
Obama Bans U.S. Imports of Slave-Produced Goods
Solidarity Center’s Neha Misra said, “Before U.S. law said that we would tolerate forced labor if we really wanted a product for domestic consumption. Now, we are saying that we will not tolerate forced labor for any reason. This is a major step forward,” in response to an announcement that federal officials are preparing to enforce an 86-year-old ban on importing goods made by children or slaves under new provisions of a law signed by President Barack Obama.
South Africa Urged to Stop Abuse of Migrant Farm Workers
Solidarity Center and other migrant labor organizations are calling on the South African government to urgently intervene and stop severe labor rights abuses faced by thousands of migrants working in the country’s farms. “The laws are there. The biggest challenge around most of this is just inability to enforce what exist on the books,” said Peter Hardie, SolidarityCenter South Africa program director.