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
![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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Workers Speak Out: Unions Are Essential to Democracy
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Workers from around the world, including those exiled from Belarus, Eswatini and Myanmar for forming unions, striking and trying to speak freely, describe why democracy is important—and why unions are key to democracy.
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88 PERCENT OF WHOM ARE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS
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Reaching 70 Million+ People Worldwide
Solidarity Center in the News
[Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association News] Authorities Aided Alleged Union-Busting at Puma-Supplying Factory (Cambodia)
The global brands purchasing from Southeast Asia’s garment factories often do little to intervene unless facing sustained pressure, said Dave Welsh, Burma and Thailand country director for labor rights NGO Solidarity Center, who also worked in Cambodia from 2010 to...
[The Guardian] How Big Brands Like Tesco Are Drawn to ‘Wild West of Global Supply Chain’ (Thailand)
David Welsh, Solidarity Center’s Thailand country director, said: “Most people don’t know about Mae Sot. The same trends found in other supplying markets are there, however; namely a jurisdiction where the rule of law is weak, where wages and labor conditions are...
[Human Rights Watch] Only ‘Instant Noodle’ Unions Survive (Cambodia)
Twenty-three of the interviews were with local union leaders and rank-and-file members. Representatives of the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL), the Workers’ Rights Consortium, Solidarity Center and the Clean Clothes Campaign were also...