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Quarterly Highlights
July - September 2023
Welcome!
The Quarterly Highlights is a snapshot of Solidarity Center programs and organizational activities. The Solidarity Center works around the globe helping workers build collective voice and more just societies through organizing and advocacy.
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M-POWER SUMMIT: PROGRAM TO END VIOLENCE, HARASSMENT CHANGES DYNAMIC IN LESOTHO
Attendees of a high-level summit learned that an unprecedented, binding, worker-centered program designed to comprehensively address rampant gender-based violence and harassment in several garment factories in Lesotho is succeeding in creating a safe and dignified workplace in Lesotho. The summit, convened by Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment and Rights (M-POWER), brought together government, labor and business leaders to highlight advances toward the goal of eradicating gender-based violence and harassment. It was co-hosted by the Lesotho Federation of Trade Unions and Lesotho Labor Council, and supported by the Solidarity Center.
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THE U.S. AND BRAZIL TAKE A POSITIVE STEP TO ADVANCE WORKER RIGHTS GLOBALLY
The last decade has been stark for working people across the globe. We hope the U.S-Brazil Partnership for Workers’ Rights is just the beginning of government commitments to put worker rights front and center, not just in Brazil and the United States, but around the world.
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‘THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAT’: CLIMATE CHANGE AND BANGLADESH TEA WORKERS
Tea estate workers in Bangladesh say the job is more onerous now due to increased heat and more torrential rains. The changing climate also means that picking the daily quota of tea leaves, always difficult, is sometimes impossible. And when they cannot meet their quota, they see their meager wages further diminished.
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PANDEMIC A ‘CRUEL JOKE’ SAY MIGRANT KYRGYZ WOMEN WORKING IN RUSSIA
Women and workers from marginalized communities suffered disproportionately from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our new survey details its effects on Kyrgyz migrant workers in Russia.
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SOLIDARITY CENTER PODCAST: MY BOSS IS A ROBOT
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The Solidarity Center Podcast:
BILLIONS OF US, ONE JUST FUTURE
Conversations with workers (and other smart people)
worldwide shaping the workplace for the better
You can listen to all the episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 at iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Sticher
or wherever you subscribe to podcasts.
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In 2021, the ILO estimated that 169 million people were international migrant workers, with an increasing number of young people migrating for jobs. Migrant workers are among the most marginalized and often are excluded from labor law coverage, including limitations or exclusions from the right to associate or to collectively bargain. This issue of the Global Labour Rights Reporter, published by the ILAW Network, a Solidarity Center project, focuses on protecting the rights of migrant workers and refugees.
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BECOME A SUPPORTER!
The Solidarity Center has been evaluated by Charity Navigator and has received a 90 out of 100 rating! Charity Navigator's third-party accreditation validates our organization's operational excellence and means that you as an individual can give to our cause with confidence and trust! Contact our development officer, Arina Lester for more information.
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