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[Rubber News] Firestone Liberia contractors vote to unionize; Bridgestone says third-party workers not eligible to join FAWUL union
"We're so proud of these workers who overwhelmingly voted to exercise their right to join a union," Shawna Bader-Blau, executive director of the Solidarity Center, told Rubber News Sept. 6. "We'll continue to support them along with the USW as they now turn their...
[Sourcing Journal] Heat Check: Searing Temps Lead to Unsafe Working Conditions in the Global South
All of this ends up having a “compounding impact, not only on workers, who are predominantly female, but their families as well,” said Sonia Mistry, climate and labor justice director at the Solidarity Center, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. Workers who are not...
[Vogue] What Bangladesh’s political shake-up means for fashion
“You’re colluding with an authoritarian regime or with repressive police institutions if you’re not taking the proactive step of clearly enforcing rules with your suppliers as a brand,” said Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau.
[The Independent] NLC, TUC Other Stakeholders Seek End To Violence, Harassment At Workplace
Corroborating Roselyn’s position, another participant, Vanessa Edebru from the Solidarity Centre and Gender Specialist, said over 80 percent of the workforce faces one form of violence or harassment at their places of work. She said, “This C190 report analysis meeting...
[Green Bay Press] Manufacturers looking for low costs, easy access to U.S. market, turn to Mexico, not China
Some have speculated Mexico could provide jobs that would ease the number of migrants coming into the United States from Central and South America. But that's not happened, said Joell Molina, Americas regional program director with the Solidarity Center, a workers’...
[La Jornada] Mexican Unions Ask in the U.S. to Strengthen the USMCA Labor Mechanism
“There is common ground in recognizing that the [rapid response] mechanism has had a positive impact," said Paolo Marinaro, Solidarity Center Mexico Country Program Director. "Thanks to the legitimation processes, (workers) have been able to remove themselves from the...
[Radio Free Asia] Complaints over Myanmar’s manufacturing sector tripled in 2023, report finds
“To the extent that Western brands have pulled out unquestionably this has given carte blanche to factories to drive down labor conditions and increase violations of Burmese labor law and trade union rights,” said Dave Welsh, Myanmar country director of labor rights...
[Rest of World] Pay to work: Rappi now charges delivery drivers in Brazil a weekly fee
“Food and goods delivery digital platform work is already some of the most precarious, underpaid employment in Brazil,” Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia, Brazil program director at labor rights organization Solidarity Center, told Rest of World. “Any new fee that subtracts...
[Rest of World] Gig workers on delivery apps rent accounts to get around bans
“Gig workers need to be working more than 12 hours a day, seven days a week across multiple platforms to make a living,” Kruskaya Hidalgo Cordero, who researches gig work platforms at labor rights organization Solidarity Center in Mexico City, told Rest of World....
[Just Style] U.S.-backed project aims to eliminate forced labor in Uzbek cotton supply chain
The agreement involves key stakeholders such as the U.S.-based Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the Association of Cotton-Textile Clusters of Uzbekistan, the Solidarity Center, and the Uzbekistan Ministry of Employment.
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