Board of Trustees - Solidarity Center

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Gabrielle Carteris
President, International Federation of Actors (FIA)

Evelyn DeJesus
Executive Vice President, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO

Robert Martinez, Jr.
President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

David McCall
International President, United Steelworkers (USW)

Terrence L. Melvin
Secretary-Treasurer, New York State AFL-CIO, and President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Doug Moore
Executive Director, United Domestic Workers (UDW/AFSCME Local 3930)

In Their Own Words: Workers Address Gender-Based Violence & Harassment in South Africa’s Garment Factories and Clothing Retail Stores

Nov 22, 2023

In South Africa, 98 percent of women garment and retail workers surveyed in 2022 said they had experienced one or more forms of gender-based violence or harassment, including physical abuse, unwanted sexual advances, psychological abuse, bullying and rape. To better...

In Our Own Words: Workers Address Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Garment Factories in Bangladesh

Aug 25, 2023

In Bangladesh, 80 percent of women garment workers surveyed in 2019 reported they had experienced or witnessed sexual harassment, molestation or assault, endured extreme verbal abuse or witnessed a factory manager or supervisor abuse and harass other women in the...

Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic and the Law

Aug 1, 2023

It has been widely reported that when the COVID-19 pandemic began, governments and employers were ill-informed, ill-prepared and in many cases willing to risk the lives of workers for profits-leading to occupational health and safety failures globally. This issue...

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In Their Own Words: Workers Address Gender-Based Violence & Harassment in South Africa’s Garment Factories and Clothing Retail Stores

In Our Own Words: Workers Address Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Garment Factories in Bangladesh

Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic and the Law

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