Statements & Advisories
Joint Statement: Award of 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia risks lives and exposes FIFA’S empty human rights commitments
Shawna Bader-Blau, Executive Director, Solidarity Center: "Millions of Saudi and migrant workers support the Saudi economy each year, and each year hundreds of thousands of them face severe labor rights abuses such as wage theft, health and safety violations...
Statement: International Day of Care and Support
The Solidarity Center issued the following statement in celebration of International Day of Care and Support: Today, on the International Day of Care and Support, we honor and celebrate the millions of workers who provide essential care services, from domestic work to...
Cambodia: Solidarity Center Celebrates Release of Imprisoned Union Leader Sithar Chhim
The Solidarity Center welcomes the release of Cambodia's Sithar Chhim, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld (LRSU), who in 2022 was jailed for exercising her human right to peacefully assemble and freely associate and...
STATEMENT: SOLIDARITY CENTER CONDEMNS MURDER OF GUATEMALA UNION LEADER ANASTACIO TZIB CAAL
Guatemalan union leader Anastacio Tzib Caal was shot and killed on June 15 in a targeted murder in the municipality of Villa Canales, outside of Guatemala City. Anastacio dedicated his life to improving working conditions in Guatemala’s apparel sector. He was recently...
STATEMENT: SOLIDARITY CENTER WELCOMES WHITE HOUSE COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL LABOR RIGHTS
In response to the unveiling of the Biden administration’s Presidential Memorandum on Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights and High Labor Standards Globally, Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau issued the following statement: “The Biden...
Statement: Solidarity Center Denounces Violent Attack on Nigerian Union Leader, Workers
Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero was beaten and arrested November 1 as workers rallied to protest unpaid wages in Imo state in southeastern Nigeria. Police reportedly beat Ajaero and assaulted protesting workers with machetes and confiscated their...
STATEMENT: Solidarity Center Condemns Killing of Union Leader Jude Thaddeus Fernandez
Union leader Jude Thaddeus Fernandez, 67, was killed September 29 in the house where he was staying in Binangonan, Rinzal Province. A division of the Philippine National Police reportedly entered Fernandez’s home and shot him dead. Fernandez was mobilizing his...
STATEMENT: President Biden and President Lula Announcement a Positive Step to Advance Worker Rights Globally
Solidarity Center’s Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau issued the following statement in response to President Biden and President Lula’s announcement of the U.S.-Brazil Partnership for Workers' Rights. “Today’s landmark announcement—and commitment—from the...
Statement: Solidarity Center Condemns Union Leader’s Killing
June 27, 2023 The Solidarity Center joins the U.S. and international labor movements in condemning the brutal murder of Shahidul Islam, a worker leader who was killed as a result of his labor rights activism in Gazipur, Bangladesh. Shahidul, a member of the Bangladesh...
Statement: Four Apparel Workers’ Union Leaders Killed in Honduras Massacre
The Solidarity Center joins the U.S. and international labor movements in condemning the brutal massacre of 13 people in the city of Choloma, Cortes, Honduras, among them four union leaders from the Sindicato de trabajadores de Gildan San Miguel (SITRAGSAM). The...