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Saying that “168 million children are producing wealth, producing clothes, producing shoes, the things that you and I use,” child rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi told a crowd gathered yesterday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.: “We are here to say that we...
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Solidarity Center Launches Georgia Worker Rights Project
A new Solidarity Center project in Georgia to strengthen respect for worker rights through union, government and employer engagement will ensure the voice of workers is “a critical part of policymaking” so that “the benefits of economic growth are shared,” says...
Unions Urge ILO to Take up Gender-Based Workplace Violence
Violence against women takes many forms, and can happen in the home, in public spaces—and on the job. At the workplace, 35 percent of women worldwide have experienced violence. This November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, unions...
Forced Labor: Panel Spotlights Migrant Worker Plight in Mideast
Migrant workers to the Arabian Gulf states are rarely covered by labor law and generally denied the ability to exercise fundamental human rights, including freedom of association, which makes them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, said panelists at a...
Four South African Unions Tackle Gender Inequality
Each day this week, leading up to International Women’s Day March 8, the Solidarity Center is highlighting an example of how women and their unions are taking action to improve women’s lives on the job, in their unions and in their communities. Unions around the...
Indonesian Unions Hold Two-Day National Strike
Hundreds of thousands of Indonesian workers started a two-day national strike today demanding the government institute a fair minimum wage, end rampant employer violations of labor outsourcing and speed up implementation of a universal health care law. Several unions...
Workshop Strategic Alliances for Working Women’s Rights: Unions and NGOs
Workshop Strategic Alliances for Working Women’s Rights: Unions and NGOs Panelists • Evangelina Argûeta Chinchilla, Coordinator, General Workers Confederation (CGT), and FESITRATEMASH, Honduras • Julia Quiñonez Amparan, Coordinator, Comitè Fronterizo de Obreros/as...
Ukraine: Worker Rights Under Threat as Democracy Dwindles
Freedom of association and the ability of civil society organizations to fully function in Ukraine are in jeopardy as the country increasingly moves away from democracy. Only international attention and solidarity have slowed these disturbing trends. “There is...
AIDS: Workplace Partnerships Have Impact
For the third time in as many months Hope’s 12-year-old daughter was sick. Hope (name changed), a domestic worker in Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare, requested and received emergency leave in order to travel to her rural home, where her daughter lived with relatives....
New Afro-Colombian Labor Council Advances Struggle for Racial Equality
The first national organization dedicated to the working conditions of Afro-descendants in Colombia was formed on July 14 in Cali. The new Afro-Colombian Labor Council will advance racial inclusion in the labor movement and in Colombian society. The council was...
Congressional Hearing Focuses on Worker Rights in Bangladesh
Bangladesh's longstanding abuse of worker rights, failure to enforce labor laws, and increasing violence against labor activists, including threats and murder, were the focus of a human rights hearing yesterday on Capitol Hill, where a senior Solidarity Center staffer...