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We are the largest U.S.-based international worker rights organization partnering directly with workers and their unions, and supporting their struggle for respect, fair wages, better workplaces and a voice in the global economy.
We value the dignity of work and workers. We know how all the work everyone depends on gets done–who picks the food for your table, cleans your home so you can go to the office, makes your clothes, keeps your streets clean. And at our core is every worker’s right to solve issues through collective action and to form unions.
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Solidarity Center in the News
[Radio Free Asia] As Chinese Money Flows in, Myanmar Garment Factory Conditions Worsen
The withdrawal of Western brands from Myanmar “doesn’t mean that production is ceasing--it’s sort of the opposite,” said Dave Welsh, the Myanmar country director for Solidarity Center, a labor rights organization. “You have all kinds of nefarious actors that are more...
[Sourcing Journal] What a Waste: Bangladesh Leather Exports Limited by Lack of Effluent Infrastructure
Monika Hartsel, deputy country program director of the Solidarity Center, a worker rights organization with an office in Bangladesh, pointed out "very dangerous" safety issues. "We’ve seen very few improvements in occupational safety,” she said. “You have the impact...
[Washington Post] Can Labor Solidarity Cross Borders?
“'Right now, there is more exciting union organizing in Mexico than anywhere else in the world,' said Shawna Bader-Blau, head of the Solidarity Center, a global worker rights advocacy group. 'We are seeing new independent unions and actual collective bargaining...