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#VoteToGive: Amalgamated Bank Picks Solidarity Center

November 20, 2018
Tula Connell

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The U.S.-based Amalgamated Bank has selected the Solidarity Center as one of its featured nonprofits in an online contest. The organization that receives the most votes will receive up to $5,000 and be recognized as a prominent social justice organization making change for workers. (Please click here to vote for the Solidarity Center.) The campaign… [READ MORE]

Colombia Food Workers Union Denounces Leader’s Murder

November 16, 2018
Tula Connell

In Colombia, the national union of food workers, SINTRAIMAGRA, is denouncing the murder of one of its union leaders and is asking the government to identify, capture and prosecute those who perpetrated the crime. Shortly before he died, Edilberto Niño Cristancho told authorities he was stabbed 18 times by two assailants as he boarded a… [READ MORE]

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Protesting Ukraine Miners Owed Months of Back Wages

November 2, 2018
Tula Connell

Related Topics:: miners, Solidarity Center, Ukraine, Union, unpaid wages

Coal miners in Ukraine have protested underground over the past 15 days to demand months of unpaid wages after 33 miners at the state-owned Lysychansk coal mines refused to leave from their underground shift. The miners are demanding wages they did not receive from June to September 2018, as well as for several months from… [READ MORE]

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The Tunisian Inspiration: Countering Authoritarianism with Social Justice Unionism

November 12, 2018
Unionist

“[W]hen faced with authoritarian regimes or institutions that deny people their basic rights, unions and other civil society organizations face a choice: Step up, form coalitions and build true economic and political freedom. Or, appease the ruling elite which will, eventually, work to destroy the labor movement,” writes the Solidarity Center’s executive director, Shawna Bader-Blau.

Major companies urged to stop telling anti-slavery ‘fairytales’

November 4, 2018
Reuters

Anti-slavery certification schemes, accolades and awards are hardly reliable indicators for the public when choosing between companies, according to Neha Mira, a trafficking expert with the U.S.-based workers’ rights charity Solidarity Center. “The same time as you’re giving a gold star to a company, they’re firing workers for trying to organize in the workplace …… [READ MORE]

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