Video: Our Vision for Social Change
This video highlights 20 years of the Solidarity Center and our vision of social change. [READ MORE]
Working People in the News
Colombia Food Workers Union Denounces Leader’s Murder
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]
Protesting Ukraine Miners Owed Months of Back 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]
Attacks on Media Workers Grow and Few Punished
Two media workers have been murdered each week on average this year—73 to date, making it likely the number of those killed will meet or exceed that of 2017, when 82 media workers were murdered, according to data compiled by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Yet the culprits are rarely held accountable for these… [READ MORE]
