On Tuesday, April 15, the Solidarity Center, Global March Against Child Labour, and the American Institutes for Research, represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s unlawful termination of congressionally authorized international labor rights programs.
THE SOLIDARITY CENTER
UNITING THE WORLD’S WORKERS
In too many places, workers stand alone – fighting for fair wages, safe workplaces and basic dignity. We make sure they don’t have to.
The Solidarity Center is the only organization of its kind, a U.S.-based non-profit partnering directly with workers – where it matters most – to come together, speak out and create real change.
We don’t just support worker rights – we help workers turn those rights into reality. We provide the training, resources and legal support workers need to push for fair pay, demand safe working conditions and ensure they are treated with respect.
Stronger worker voices mean stronger democracies, fair economies and more stable societies. When workers have power, everyone benefits.
A GLOBAL FORCE FOR WORKER FREEDOM
With programs in more than 70 countries, we partner with 900+ organizations, including 500 trade unions, worker associations and community groups, to equip workers with the tools they need to organize, negotiate and build a better future.
Our programs focus on worker rights and freedoms, union skills, workplace safety, economic security, combating forced labor and supporting workers in a rapidly changing economy.
We believe that when workers have the knowledge and support to advocate for themselves, communities thrive and nations grow stronger and more stable.
AN INDEPENDENT FORCE FOR FREEDOM & FAIRNESS
Founded in 1997 by the AFL-CIO, the Solidarity Center is an independent non-profit, dedicated to ensuring that hard work is rewarded, workplaces are safe and people have a say in the decisions that affect their lives – no matter where they live.
We are funded by a wide range of public and private sources and operate with a single mission: to help workers secure fair wages, safe conditions and a voice on the job and in society.
Wherever workers are silenced, mistreated or denied their rights, we stand with them – because when workers have the power to improve their own lives, democracy is stronger, economies grow and society becomes more just for everyone.
WORKER VOICES
Saving Children, Improving Lives Abroad and in U.S.
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