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WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT
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.
What’s New
New Tool for the Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence at Work
As union activists around the world urge their governments to ratify International Labor Organization Convention 190, the first global standard to...
Belarus Crackdown Violates Worker, Human Rights, Say Rights Experts
A vicious crackdown in Belarus on striking workers peacefully protesting President Lukashenko’s refusal to leave power despite months-long popular...
A Union Solution to Child Labor in Ghana Cocoa: New Video
A recent study by NORC at the University of Chicago found that child labor in Ghana and Ivory Coast cocoa production increased 14 percent in less...
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Solidarity Center in the News
[Thomson Reuters] Anti-trafficking Groups Urge Biden to Focus on Labor Exploitation
"We're really hopeful that there'll be more attention that's brought to the issue of forced labor again," said Neha Misra, senior specialist on migration and human trafficking at the Solidarity Center, a workers rights' advocacy group.
[Washington Post] Trump’s Carrier deal fades as economic reality intervenes
"The new accord [USMCA] also includes provisions to permit collective bargaining and to close loopholes allowing Mexican employers to profit by mistreating their workers ... On paper, the Mexican reforms would allow workers to organize unions outside of the...
[Forbes] Fashion’s $16 Billion Debt To Garment Workers Should Spark Reform, Not Sympathy
Fashion’s unpaid bills have been catastrophic for garment workers. A September report co-written by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the WRC and the Solidarity Center's ILAW network showed that these debts have led to mass layoffs (at least 1...
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Celebrating Women in Civil Society and Activism [UN side event to the 75th General Assembly]
Date: October 20, 2020 Time: 9:00 a.m. New York Place: Virtual (registration required) This virtual side event will bring together women civil...
WORLD DAY FOR DECENT WORK
October 7, 2020 Decent work means not only employment, but workplaces that are safe, healthy and that provide workers with wages that support...