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Quarterly Highlights
October - December 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.
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** HIGH-LEVEL GLOBAL INITIATIVE: WORKER RIGHTS FUNDAMENTAL TO DEMOCRACY
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Representatives from governments, unions, philanthropic organizations and the Solidarity Centermet in Washington ([link removed]) in December to underscore their commitment to strengthening worker rights to ensure thriving democracies through the global initiative, M-POWER ([link removed]) .

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** SALIDARNAST SHINES A LIGHT ON BELARUS UNION REPRESSION
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While the independent Belarus union movement has been dismantled and itsleaders imprisoned ([link removed]) , a new worker rights organization, Salidarnast ([link removed]) , is tracking and disseminating updates on union political prisoners’ legal cases, and providing other worker rights news.
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** DELIVERY DRIVERS LAUNCH UNION IN THE PHILIPPINES
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More than 100 food delivery riders launched the Iloilo Grab Riders Union ([link removed]) in November demanding just fares, paid sick leave and other social protections, and union recognition. The Solidarity Center and others supported the launch.

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** STANDING UP TO GENDER VIOLENCE AT WORK, COMMUNITIES IN LESOTHO
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Thousands of garment workers ([link removed]) are fighting gender-based violence and harassment at work—and in their communities—after participating in education and awareness training at factories, part of a pathbreaking, worker-centered program negotiated in part by the Solidarity Center.
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** IN MEMORIAM: MOUSSA EL JERIES, ‘ABU GEORGE’
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The global labor movement lost a giant in December. Moussa El Jeries, affectionately known as Abu George ([link removed]) , was a Palestinian refugee who became a tireless champion of working people around the world.


** THE SOLIDARITY CENTER PODCAST
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** Union Women Key to Ending Gender-Based Violence at Work ([link removed])

Unions: Key to Democracy ([link removed])
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In Midst of War, Ukrainian Parliament Attacks Worker Rights ([link removed])
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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 ([link removed]) , Spotify, ([link removed]) Amazon ([link removed]) , Sticher ([link removed])
or wherever you subscribe to podcasts.


** NEW VIDEO
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The Arab region is a transit area and destination for millions of migrant workers whose human and worker rights are often violated. A new video ([link removed]) discusses an alternative in which national legislation is harmonized with worker rights and international human rights standards, and rights violators are held accountable.


** IN THE NEWS
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October 2022
Tannery Workers' Union Celebrates 58th Anniversary ([link removed]) (Bangladesh)

November 2022
TUC, Solidarity Center Strategize to Ensure ILO C190 Implementation ([link removed]) (Nigeria)

December 2022
How Big Brands Like Tesco Are Drawn to ‘Wild West of Global Supply Chain’ ([link removed])

U.S. Department of Labor Awards $5 Million to Help Fight Workplace Discrimination, Harassment; Empower Working Women in Nigeria, Liberia ([link removed])

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