GLOBAL UNION LEADERS FIGHT FOR WORKER RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY
As part of the Global Labor Leadership Initiative (GLLI), a Solidarity Center partnership with the Worker Institute at Cornell, 22 union leaders and allies from 17 countries spent two days in Washington, DC, discussing movement building, the platform economy and strategies to tackle challenges affecting working people, often in the face of brutal conditions.
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GROUNDBREAKING UZBEKISTAN COTTON PROJECT LAUNCHES
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BLACK WOMEN LABOR LEADERS UNITE TO ADDRESS GLOBAL ISSUES
Black women across the world are experiencing similar struggles and the best way to face those challenges is solidarity, coalition building and convenings, say Solidarity Center partners who joined the recent Black Women’s Roundtable‘s (BWR) 13th Annual “Women of Power” Summit in Washington, DC. The 26 international participants, all Black women labor leaders from 14 countries in Africa and the Americas, joined the summit for a day focused on global issues.
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Check out what women labor leaders—and our partners—from around the world had to say about creating a more equitable work environment, at the recent UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) confab in New York.
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SOLIDARITY CENTER AND PARTNER NEWS
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THE PHILIPPINES: SNAPSHOTS FROM THE LABOR MOVEMENT
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REPORT: IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE WORKER VOICE
A new report by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) shows that when workers can "speak up, articulate and manifest collective agency," they can improve their jobs and contribute to democratic participation beyond the workplace.
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KOSOVO TEACHERS LEAD NATIONAL PUSH FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS
Kosovo's teachers are forging a shared agenda amongst schools, families, communities and policymakers to build a multi-tiered mental health support system.
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KENYA: SOLIDARITY CENTER CONDEMNS ATTACK ON LABOR LEADER
The Solidarity Center strongly condemns the excessive and unnecessary force used by police against Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union Secretary General Dr. Davji Attellah.
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BUILDING WORKER POWER IN MEXICAN AND U.S. AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
Mexican and U.S. labor leaders met in Detroit to share challenges and victories and discuss how they can work together to improve the lives of automotive workers in both countries. The meeting was part of a solidarity project launched by the UAW to build worker power across borders.
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SOLIDARITY CENTER IN THE NEWS
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