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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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![An in-person workshop in Kuwait surveying Gulf region domestic worker associations found that although care workers, most of whom in the Gulf are migrant workers, benefit from some legal provisions—such as in Bahrain and Kuwait, from fixed contracts, paid leave and health insurance—the kafala system interferes to drag back any formal economic conditions. Credit: Integrated Community Center (ICC)](https://www.solidaritycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Kuwait.-Care-Domestic-worker-survey-of-Gulf-region-domestic-worker-associations-affiliated-with-Solidarity-Center-partner-Integrated-Community-Center-ICC.ICC_.03.2024-400x250.jpg)
Domestic Workers ‘Level Up Their Dignity’: Advancing Rights for Care Workers
![Workers surprised by sudden termination rally outside the Sofitel hotel with worker rights protest signs](https://www.solidaritycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Philippines.SENTRO-Sofitel-hotel-workers-rally-against-surprise-mass-job-loss-400x250.jpg)
‘We Will Fight,’ Say Terminated Philippines Hotel Workers, Demanding Transparency
![In the heart of Kantamanto Market, one of the city's largest markets, head porter Hawa Latif carries goods on her head with a co-worker.](https://www.solidaritycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ghana.Accra-market-porters-informal-economy.Jonathan-TorgovnikGetty-ImagesImages-of-Empowerment.https___www.imagesofempowerment.org_wp-content_uploads_WIEGO_ACCRA_8086_FULLY_RELEASED-scaled--400x250.jpg)
West Africa: Union Health Care Campaign Expands Reach
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An Epic Legal Battle Pays Off for Trafficked Workers (U.S., India)
Trafficked oil workers won a legal battle against Signal International, which falsely promised hundreds of Indian men secure jobs and permanent residency in the United States but instead were met with lost wages and poor working and living conditions. After a years-long lawsuit–the result of a mobilized group of workers, observant and concerned community members, engaged advocacy groups and, ultimately, an unprecedented collaboration between the Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC) and other for-profit law firms across the country–Signal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to implement a $20 million settlement with more than 200 workers. “It took years,” says Neha Misra, senior specialist for migration and human trafficking with Solidarity Center. “And a lot of money.”
What Do Burmese Workers Want?
“Factory workers [in Burma] want better jobs, higher wages and the freedom to organize,” said Solidarity Center Director of Asia Programs Tim Ryan. And while they are hopeful for the possibilities that foreign companies and new investment can bring, they also want their new government to ensure that companies will stop trying to destroy their unions and “game the system” around the new national minimum wage approved shortly before the election.
21 Organizations Fighting for Labor Rights in the Food System
An article originally posted by Food Tank, which includes the Solidarity Center in its list of organizations working on health, safety, and worker rights in the global food industry, has been picked up by the Huffington Post.