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Media Highlights
[Southeast Asia Globe] Severance pay remains a struggle for Southeast Asian workers
If severance cases continue to be treated individually and the garment industry and governments do not implement measures to prevent wage theft, no brand will make serious efforts to reform supply chains, said David Welsh, Solidarity Center country program director...
[The Nation] Unions Protect Democracy. How Do We Protect Unions?
David Welsh, country director for Thailand and Burma at the Solidarity Center, explains that “workers who have been messed [with] again and again are confusing their belief that democracy doesn’t work with the fact that capitalism doesn’t work.”
[AP] Thai garment workers win $8.3M in back pay after layoffs
David Welsh, Thailand country director of the Solidarity Center, called the settlement a “huge victory” for the garment workers. “Low-wage garment workers left destitute by injustice meted out by global supply chains is nothing new,” he said. ”What’s new is they did...
[Open Democracy] Decent Work for All, Including Migrants
"The serious, systematic and pervasive ways that migrants have been excluded, exploited and marginalized have been well-documented for decades. But the Global Compact on Migration, which UN member states signed into effect four years ago, has the potential to help...
[Southeast Asia Globe] As Road Accidents Rise, Garment Workers Face a Dangerous Commute (Cambodia)
One worker "also worries about her ability to work overtime, which has often been a prerequisite by demanding factory managers for workers keeping their jobs, as the labor rights organization Solidarity Center noted in its 2019 “Alternative Report on Labor Rights and...
[The Diplomat] Fighting Back: Trade Unions in Thailand and Myanmar (podcast)
"Dave Welsh, country director for Thailand and Myanmar of the Solidarity Center, spoke with The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt about growing support for independent trade unions as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to punish regional economies, forcing businesses to...
[Democratic Voice of Burma] Burma’s Garment Sector Watchdog Is Leaving. What Does This Mean for Brands and Their Workers?
"Dave Welsh of labor rights group Solidarity Center says, 'If [brands] need the public relations benefit of claiming to hire a third-party monitor, waiting for their evaluation, that strikes me as being primarily for public relations purposes, not to actually making a...
[New York Times] Conditions at a General Motors Plant in Mexico Spur a Labor Challenge
"'If you’ve got a race to the bottom, you’ve got to raise the bottom, and then maybe the race will slow down a little bit,' said Jeff Hermanson, an official at the Solidarity Center."
[Sourcing Journal] Myanmar’s ‘Deteriorating’ Labor-Rights Crisis Grows More Dire
David Welsh, Southeast Asia country director of the Solidarity Center, a labor nonprofit, told Sourcing Journal. “Trade unions are a crucial component of civil society in Myanmar and are facing systematic assault across the board. Garment sector brands in Myanmar...
[The Eagle] Unions back Uber, Bolt Drivers Against Unfair Labor Practices
Sonny Ogbuehi, Solidarity Center West Africa country program director, said that the digital app companies were only out to make profit with little or no concern for the welfare of their workers. He cited the example of the death of about 10 drivers in Lagos State,...
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