🌡️ With temperatures rising to new records in many parts of the world this week, workers face serious health risks from the extreme heat–migrant workers, minority populations, women & informal economy workers are experiencing some of the worst effects. Workers and their unions know what they need to stay safe on the job. They MUST be part of the decision-making process when solutions to address exposure to extreme heat and heat stress are brought to the table. More about our work for climate and labor justice: https://lnkd.in/ebRuFauP. #ClimateJustice #WorkerRights #Solidarity
Solidarity Center
Non-profit Organizations
Washington, District of Columbia 5,474 followers
Promoting Worker Rights Worldwide
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Our Vision At the Solidarity Center, we believe that all people who work should receive the rewards of their work—decent paychecks and benefits, safe jobs, respect and fair treatment. We believe that economic and social injustice around the world are neither intractable problems nor acceptable byproducts of a global economy where some can win at the expense of many. Rather, we believe working women and men can collectively improve their wages and workplaces, call on their governments to uphold laws and protect human rights, and be a force for democracy, shared prosperity and inclusive economic development. Find out more about our approach: http://www.solidaritycenter.org/who-we-are/our-mission/
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- Worker and Human Rights, Gender and Equiality, Organizing and Bargaining, Informal Economy, Safety and Health, Migration and Human Trafficking, and Rule of Law
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An important thread from our partners Cotton Campaign on #StateImposedForcedLabor in #Turkmenistan. #cotton https://lnkd.in/ep-DPZS3
📢 In blatant disregard of state-imposed #ForcedLabor in Turkmen #cotton, a commercial delegation co-organized by the #Italian government is meeting with textile industry actors in #Turkmenistan to deepen business relationships. Our press release here: https://lnkd.in/eke4UmU4 This follows a reported €13 million in sales of Italian textile machinery to Turkmen entities in 2023. We urge them to terminate all business with Turkmenistan's textile industry and stop profiting from Turkmen forced labor. ITA - Italian Trade Agency ACIMIT Their commercial delegation to Turkmenistan also undermines the concurrent EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights Dialogue and international efforts to eradicate forced labor from supply chains. Ruslan Myatiev, director of turkmen.news, an independent media and human rights organization, which also monitors forced labor in Turkmenistan’s cotton fields, said: “Turkmenistan remains one of the most repressive countries in the world. All governments and companies should condition business with Turkmenistan’s textile industry on the elimination of state-imposed forced labor in the harvest and the protection of labor rights and empowerment of workers and farmers.” Allison Gill, legal director at Global Labor Justice, which hosts the Cotton Campaign, said: “The Italian co-hosts of this commercial delegation and the companies that are already doing business with Turkmen textile entities have failed to conduct even the most basic human rights due diligence in their selection of partners and are profiting from the forced labor of Turkmen workers. To comply with responsible business conduct guidelines and regulations, and stop contributing to the exploitation of workers in Turkmenistan, all companies should terminate their direct and indirect business relationships with Turkmenistan’s textile industry.” Adria Cots Fernandez, business and human rights partnerships coordinator at Anti-Slavery International, a member of the Cotton Campaign, said: “Everyone should be able to choose their work and live in freedom, but tens of thousands of people in Turkmenistan are forced to work in the cotton harvest every year. The EU is committed to eradicate forced labor from supply chains and therefore no European company should be profiting from this forced labor. European institutions and EU Member States must interrogate, and where necessary correct, all trade initiatives and economic cooperation with Turkmenistan to make sure they do not enable or perpetuate forced labor in Turkmenistan.”
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Sofitel hotel workers & our partners at SENTRO Labor joined a candlelight protest & daily pickets after the company announced terminations & refused to meet w/ unions before closing their doors today. #StandWithSofitelWorkers #Philippines #Solidarity
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📢 Over 200,000 members and allies of the #philippines LGBTQIA+ community, including our partners Be Glad National, marched in Quezon City, advocating for the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) anti-discrimination bill. 🌈✊ This crucial measure fights for access to services, job opportunities, and safety and #equality for all. #WorkersRights #PrideMonth #solidarity 🔗 https://bit.ly/3RGXRKl
Solidarity Center - Philippines: At Pride March, Demands for Anti-discrimination, Wider Worker Protections
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Solidarity Center staff from offices in Europe and Central Asia and union partners from four countries were together for a workshop last week and took some time to show solidarity with trade unionists currently in prison on political charges in #Belarus. The time is NOW for the release of our siblings who are serving unjust sentences! #Solidarity
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Continuing her visit to Honduras, our Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau and other members of our Solidarity Center team met with pro-labor Congresswoman Silvia Ayala who is working to address freedom of association and anti-union violence in the country, and to advance worker rights, including ratification and implementation of International Labour Organization Conventions 190 and 189. #GBVH #DomesticWorkers #FreedomofAssociation #Honduras #Solidarity
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In June 2019, the International Labour Organization adopted the landmark Convention 190: Violence and Harassment (C190), which recognizes the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment, including gender-based violence and harassment. As we commemorate #5YearsofC190, we remain committed to partnering with unions and workers around the globe to build a world free from gender-based violence, including ratification and implementation of #C190 everywhere. Every worker deserves to live a life of dignity, respect and safety. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4cykYi0
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We condemn the murder of Guatemala union leader Anastacio Tzib Caal and extend our deepest condolences to his family, the two children he leaves behind and his union sisters and brothers in SITRATEXPIA II. Full statement here: https://bit.ly/3L2albS.
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Our Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau is visiting #Honduras this week to meet with a network of unions from all three national union centers and from across the private, informal and public sectors to discuss a path toward workplaces free from violence and harassment. This morning she's participating in an event with the Red Contra la Violencia Antisindical (Network Against Anti-Union Violence). You can watch it here: https://lnkd.in/dmDwzHR9
Foro por espacios laborales libres de Violencia y Acoso | By Red Contra la Violencia AntisindicalFacebook
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of Bangladesh union leader Shahidul Islam. We demand that the police investigation of his case be reopened to ensure that the main perpetrators of the crime are held accountable and that the persistent harassment and unfair labor practices committed against worker leaders in the country end. Our full statement can be read here: https://bit.ly/4bh3l5y. #Solidarity
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