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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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Uzbekistan: Progress, but Continued Forced Labor in Cotton Fields
A new report on Uzbekistan’s 2019 cotton harvest by Uzbek Forum for Human Rights documents progress toward ending—but not eradication—of...
Global: Unions Stand with Black Lives Matter Movement
Around the world, workers and their labor unions and have joined in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protesters in the United States,...
‘A Call to Defend Democracy’: Global Leaders, Rights Groups Call for Solidarity amid COVID-19
More than 500 political, civil leaders, Nobel Laureates and pro-democracy institutions—including the Solidarity Center—are calling for the defense...
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Coronavirus Exposes Vulnerabilities of World’s Migrant Workers [The Star]
"Migrant workers have been left aside by governments who have relied on them to do dangerous jobs that have become even more dangerous during this crisis," reports David Welsh, Solidarity Center's Southeast Asia country director.
Coronavirus: Retrenchments Accelerate in Indonesia’s Textile Sector [The Straits Times]
David Welsh, Southeast Asia country director of the Solidarity Center, said: "With the enormous profit margins [brands] have enjoyed on the backs of workers in Southeast Asia, they are easily placed to sustain workers and factories over this period."
Indonesia’s Labor Laws Discourage Investment and Leave Workers Worse Off: Experts [The Straits Times]
Even so, David Welsh, country director of Southeast Asia of the Solidarity Center, a nonprofit aligned with the U.S.-based labor federation AFL-CIO, said the reforms, in the garment sector at least, risk amounting to a “race to the bottom”–slashing benefits to appease big international brands that can afford to pay. During the three months ended August–the most recent data available–Sweden’s H&M, which has manufacturing facilities in Indonesia, reported a gross profit margin of 50 percent before tax.
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