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Quarterly Highlights
October to December 2021

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.
The Solidarity Center Podcast:
BILLIONS OF US, ONE JUST FUTURE
Conversations with workers (and other smart people)
worldwide shaping the workplace for the better,
hosted by Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau

You can listen to all the episodes from Season 1 and 2 on our website ([link removed]) and at iTunes ([link removed]) , Spotify, ([link removed]) Amazon ([link removed]) , Sticher ([link removed])
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** U.S. SUMMIT FOR DEMOCRACY: WORKERS', UNIONS' VITAL ROLE
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At an official side event ([link removed]) of the U.S. Summit for Democracy, union leaders, labor ministers and philanthropic organizations from around the world highlighted the role of worker voice and rights, and unions as fundamental components of democracy.
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** CLIMATE ACTIVISTS AT RISK AS MALDIVES FISHERS PROTEST
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In a discussion ([link removed]) led by UN Special Rapporteur Clément N. Voule, unions underscored their role in protecting climate activists, who are often workers whose livelihoods are being eroded by climate change. As an example, more than 600 fishers in the Maldives ([link removed]) rallied to raise concerns about job health and environmentally damaging practices.


** ESSENTIAL, INFORMAL WORKERS STILL IMPACTED BY PANDEMIC, BUT SMALL WINS CELEBRATED
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Experts and union leaders outlined ([link removed]) the increased violence and societal hazards that informal workers face during the pandemic, at a panel marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign. Meanwhile, informal street and market vendors in Nigeria ([link removed]) and Brazil ([link removed]) saw wins.


** E. EUROPEAN WOMEN IMPROVE WAGES & JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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Prior to the Kazakhstan government's recent attacks ([link removed]) on unions, a Solidarity Center partner there successfully advocated to abolish a list of jobs from which women have been legally barred ([link removed]) since 1932. In Albania ([link removed]) , following a 15-day work stoppage, 125 women improved their wages and working conditions through a new union contract.


** PUBLICATIONS
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Catch up on our latest publications!
* Breaking the Silence: Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria's World of Work ([link removed])
* Overworkered and Underpaid, Sri Lanka's Garment Workers Left Hanging by a Thread ([link removed])
* Migrant Workers' Access to Justice for Wage Theft: A Global Study of Promising Initiatives ([link removed])
* The Persistence of Private Power: Sacrificing Rights for Wages ([link removed]) (South Africa, live-in domestic workers)


** IN THE NEWS
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December 2021

Uber, Bolt Drivers Get NLC, TUC, ILAW, Solidarity Center Support Against Unfair Labor Treatment ([link removed])

C-190 Pending Ratification to Eradicate Violence and Harassment at Work ([link removed])

October 2021

Nearly 10 Organizations and Associations Ask the Government to Provide Social Protection to Street Vendors ([link removed]) (Cambodia, in Khmer)

Call to Build an Environment-Friendly Modern Leather Industry ([link removed]) (Bangladesh)

Colombian Workers Had No Real Access to Labor Justice During the Pandemic ([link removed]) (in Spanish)


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