The Solidarity Center has focused on building trade union capacity to effectively represent workers, providing training and technical assistance in organizing, collective bargaining and public-policy advocacy. As a result, Ecuadorian trade unions have increased membership in both the private and public sectors, expanded collective bargaining coverage, and utilized legal dispute resolution mechanisms to press employers to comply with laws and judicial decisions. Solidarity Center programs led to the formation of the first trade union of digital platform workers and assisted them in formulating proposals for worker protections. Solidarity Center partners were key in achieving the ratification of ILO Convention 190 prohibiting workplace harassment and violence and negotiating the terms of workers’ return to the office. 

The Solidarity Center is working with partners to increase union membership and ensure broad member inclusion, while coordinating with labor organizations to improve representation and build strong collective bargaining, social dialogue and advocacy. Through this process, the Solidarity Center will assist trade unions to advocate for implementation of ILO Convention 190 and to address the traditional underrepresentation of women in the workforce. The Solidarity Center is also supporting trade unions in building strategic relationships with academic institutions to develop and promote sound public-policy initiatives, including proposals for reform of labor law.