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Quarterly Highlights
January - March 2022

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.
We Stand with Ukraine and Worldwide Democracy!
You can help Ukraine’s workers and their families by donating to the ITUC’s emergency fundraising appeal.
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** WOMEN WORKERS' VITAL ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS
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At migration ([link removed]) and UN events ([link removed]) , the Solidarity Center, unions and civil society partners highlighted the impact of climate change on women workers, emphasized the role of worker organizations in driving gender-focused solutions and recognized that climate action requires coalition-building across social movements.


** MEXICAN AUTO WORKERS WIN LANDMARK VICTORY
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Six thousand workers formed an independent union at a GM auto plant in Silao, Mexico, voting out a union that did not operate in their interest. Read more ([link removed]) about the win or listen to our podcast episode ([link removed]) with one of the union leaders who describes the lead-up to the milestone victory.


** CAMBODIAN CASINO WORKERS ASSAULTED AND ARRESTED WHILE LAWFULLY PROTESTING
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UPDATE: Thousands of workers went on strike against their employer, NagaWorld, which has laid off hundreds. Mass arrests ([link removed]) followed, including of union leaders. Read more about the workers mobilizing ([link removed]) and worldwide support ([link removed].) for their fight for worker rights.


** NIGERIA LAUNCHES PLATFORM WORKER RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
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With Solidarity Center support, unions and worker rights organizations launched a campaign for formal recognition of and adequate representation for platform workers in Nigeria. Post-pandemic, many young people are now employed in the gig economy or other informal jobs that lack basic social protections. Read more ([link removed]) .


** ACTIVISTS LIFT UZBEK COTTON GLOBAL BOYCOTT
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The Cotton Campaign—a coalition of human rights, labor, responsible investor and business organizations, including the Solidarity Center—ended its call for a global boycott of Uzbek cotton ([link removed]) as no systematic state-imposed forced labor was found in 2021. The coalition will continue to monitor progress.

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 Season 1 and 2 at iTunes ([link removed]) , Spotify, ([link removed]) Amazon ([link removed]) , Sticher ([link removed])
or wherever you subscribe to podcasts.


** PUBLICATIONS
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ILAW JOURNAL: ADVANCING THE RIGHTS OF INFORMAL WORKERS ([link removed]) (February 2022)

Workers in the informal economy, with assistance from legal advocates, have won protections and respect for their rights at work through a variety of legal strategies, both within and outside of labor law. In the latest issue of the Global Labour Rights Reporter ([link removed]) , case studies highlight the ways workers and their advocates have been fighting to ensure protections on the job in the informal sector.


** IN THE NEWS
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Myanmar’s ‘Deteriorating’ Labor-Rights Crisis Grows More Dire ([link removed])

Uzbekistan: Forced Labor Falls as Tashkent Cleans Up its Cotton Act ([link removed])

‘We are Not Slaves!': Haitian Garment Workers Strike for a Fair Wage ([link removed])

A Missed Opportunity to Improve Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chains ([link removed])

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