Worker Rights in Supply Chains
See how workers can reverse the supply chain dynamic fueling low wages, unsafe working conditions. [READ MORE]
Workers’ Equality Forum
The Workers’ Equality Forum provides a platform for workers to convey workplace realities to a larger public. Share your story! [READ MORE]
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OUR APPROACH: The Solidarity Center stands with workers as they defend their right to freedom of association, supporting them as they organize, advocate and build worker voice … [READ MORE]
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20th Anniversary
The Solidarity Center marks its 20th anniversary in 2017. [READ MORE]
Working People in the News
Peru Mine Workers from 56 Unions Wage Nationwide Strike
Mine workers from 56 unions in Peru started an indefinite, nationwide strike yesterday to protest the government’s proposed labor reforms, says Ricardo Juarez, secretary-general of the National Federation of Mining, Metallurgical and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP). Miners voted to approve the strike in May. Juarez told Reuters that miners want President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski… [READ MORE]
Kenya Domestic Workers Find Hope with Union
Like many women in Mombasa, Kenya, Alice Mwadzi says for years she barely eked out a living. A lack of jobs in the port city for many means a constant struggle to survive—selling fruit on busy highways or hauling carts stacked with heavy water containers through congested streets—involving long hours of often back-breaking work for… [READ MORE]
Brazil Passes Extreme Anti-Worker Labor Law
Brazil workers and their unions are outraged and vowing further protests over a draconian labor law reform the Senate passed yesterday that will weaken labor regulations as well as restrict financing for unions. The law, which President Michel Temer supports and is expected to sign, will remove all restrictions on outsourcing, dismantle labor rights, including… [READ MORE]
