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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![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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Solidarity Center in the News
Cambodian Garment Workers Continue to Mobilize Despite Government Repression
“Workers are protesting because they are being paid starvation wages,” says David Welsh, Solidarity Center country director. “There won’t be a solution to this problem until the brands are willing to increase the prices they pay their suppliers so that those suppliers can pay the workers decent wages.”
Haiti Raises Minimum Wage for Factory Workers, Others
The pay boost is not only less than what the Solidarity Center has outlined, but also far less than the $11.11 protesting garment workers have asked for in recent months as they forced some factories in the capital to stop production.
To Prevent Another Rana Plaza, Build Better Societies, not just Better Factories
According to research by the Solidarity Center, less than 1 percent of women in garment factories participate in worker associations in Bangladesh’s export zones.