There’s #NoExcuse for violence at work. Here are a few ways our union partners have fought for their right to a safe workplace in the past year. #16Days #EndGBVH

Today, we observe #InternationalDayOfPeopleWithDisabilities. Everyone deserves fair treatment on the job. Here's how the Solidarity Center is making sure workers with disabilities are getting justice in Central Asia.  #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities #IDPD

Want to ensure workers in Mexico, Bangladesh, Liberia & around the 🌍 have the tools they need to lead change in their workplaces & communities? Donate to the #Solidarity Center here 👉 sclinks.co/donate

No one should have to work in fear 🙅🏾‍♀️ Through unions & associations, workers use collective bargaining to address violence in the workplace, creating safer workplaces for all ✊  Today marks the start of the annual #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.

Drivers working on digital platforms around the world are often offered little to no benefits or protections on the job. Here's how workers in Thailand are fighting for those rights.  #PlatformWorkers #TimeToDeliver #ILC

🧵 In a landmark victory for worker rights in Bangladesh, the government has withdrawn nearly all criminal cases filed against almost 48,000 garment workers and labor leaders.

Domestic & agricultural workers describe what happens without a union—& why they seek one. They joined together this week to advocate for fair labor migration policies at Solidarity Center's conference, “Toward a Comprehensive National Vision for Fair Policies & Sustainable Protection.”

The Solidarity Center stands with all care workers—paid and unpaid, working directly and indirectly, within and outside the household. On this International Day of Care and Support, we celebrate all the #VoicesofCare!

Until its abrupt termination in March, the Solidarity Center's Department of Labor-funded program helped Brazilian platform workers advocate for their rights. Hear from the workers themselves on the impact of the funding cuts 🔗 sclinks.co/42OBnNd #WorkerRigh#WorkerRights##SaveILABt#LaborRightsy

Healthcare & paid sick leave are just a few of the many benefits workers are typically denied when doing app-based work. #PlatformWorkers in Sri Lanka and millions more around the 🌍 are organizing together to fight for the protections they deserve ✊ #TimeToDeliver

The #Solidarity Center's Global Organizing Institute united leaders from the Philippines to Liberia. The lessons participants learned will have ripple effects for workers around the world 🌎 Discover what skills, connections & knowledge they're taking home here 🔗 sclinks.co/4qgAkQd #WorkerRigh#WorkerRights

In March, the Dept. of Labor abruptly cancelled funding for the #Solidarity Center's ILAB-supported labor programs, including work with tea pickers in Bangladesh, a key trading partner with the U.S. Hear from workers themselves on the impact of funding being cut 👉 sclinks.co/42OBnNd #SaveILAB

ICYMI: On Wednesday, oral arguments wrapped up at the International Court of Justice in a hearing to determine whether the right to strike is protected under international law. Recap here: sclinks.co/3VZodZO. @ilawnetwork.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social

Powerful words from Paapa Danqua, @ituc.bsky.social Legal Director and board member of the Solidarity Center's @ilawnetwork.bsky.social, who spoke in favor of the right to strike at the International Court of Justice earlier this week.

The right to strike case continues today at the International Court of Justice where the @ituc.bsky.social and members of Solidarity Center’s @ilawnetwork.bsky.social are arguing that the right to strike should be protected under international law ✊

📣 Breaking update — Today, the ITUC addressed the International Court of Justice as the hearings on the #RightToStrike begin. ⚖️ ITUC is making the case that strike rights must be enshrined in international law to protect workers’ voices and democracy. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Ws1PrYi #ForDemocracy

Six months after funding for the Solidarity Center's ILAB-supported programs were abruptly terminated, our partners share what they've lost and how, together, we will endure: sclinks.co/42OBnNd

The right to strike is the difference between workers having a voice—a cornerstone of democracy—or being silenced. On Monday, the International Court of Justice will hear oral arguments to decide whether this right is protected under international law. Learn more here ➡ sclinks.co/3KAqrwc

Most drivers working on digital platforms are considered "independent contractors" instead of employees according to their country's labor laws. Employers often say this gives drivers more freedom, but in reality, it just leaves them without the protections all workers deserve. #TimeToDeliver

Platform workers, like all workers, deserve to be paid a fair wage for a day's work. Coming together and forming unions is one way millions of app-based workers around the world are organizing for better pay, benefits and safe working conditions. #PlatformWorkers #Solidarity #WorkerRights

Equal pay doesn’t happen by accident. Workers win it when they have democratic unions & collective bargaining—tools that make change real & raise standards for all. #InternationalEqualPayDay #UnionPower #Solidarity

Two union leaders were released from prison in #Belarus after their arrest for standing up for #workerrights. Dozens of political prisoners remain jailed, though, and MUST be released‼️ More here 👉 sclinks.co/3K7V0co #Solidarity#Solidarity

Unions are critical institutions that make it possible for everyday people to shape the societies they live in. When workers organize, they’re not just bargaining for better wages & benefits—they’re building #democracy from the ground up. #InternationalDayofDemocracy #WorldDemocracyDay #Solidarity

Yusriya, a tea seller in Sudan, says the collective #union strength she achieved through a partnership with the #Solidarity Center makes it possible for her to better support her family. Learn more about how food vendors are organizing for a better life here ➡️ sclinks.co/47yk5a8. #WorkerRigh#WorkerRights

Meet Komal. She got involved in the labor movement 4 years ago when she joined a union while working in a supermarket. Now, at just 23, she is the President of the All Nepal Health Volunteer Workers' Union, an all-women health care worker union. Listen to what she had to say about our GLLI program.

“When a living wage is denied, a strike is the workers’ last weapon.” Check out this moving piece from our partners at the Kawasaki United Labor Union, who have now been on strike for over 100 days. labornotes.org/2025/09/kawa...

According to @ituc.bsky.social, workers’ access to justice has been restricted in 72% of countries, representing the worst level ever recorded. At GLLI 2025, leaders shared how they defend & promote worker rights in the face of an ever-growing assault on workers. More here 🔗 sclinks.co/46cNqpk

Agricultural workers, street vendors, tuk-tuk drivers all had a voice‬ at @ilo.org #ILC2025 where union members like our partner Saida Ouaid pushed to improve conditions for 2 billion workers. Worker power & worker democracy in action ✊🌍. More here: sclinks.co/45rWNA3.

CONFIRMED: CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT! The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that caregiving, paid or unpaid, is essential to human dignity & must be legally recognized & protected. More on the opinion & framework for state responsibilities 👉sclinks.co/3Hs2PIX @ilawnetwork.bsky.social

The Solidarity Center has seen progress on collective bargaining and unionization around the world stall in the three months since the foreign aid shakeups.

Digital labor platforms are used in more industries than you think. @ilawnetwork.bsky.social recently launched a report that explores how workers are systemically exploited by digital labor platforms beyond transportation. Check out "Taken for a Ride 3" at the 🔗 sclinks.co/4lJ3NiW

Until March 2025, the Solidarity Center's DOL-supported program in West Africa helped promote worker rights in Liberia & Nigeria. But because of the abrupt termination our DOL grants, this work has been cut short. How we're fighting for our programs in West Africa & beyond here 🔗 sclinks.co/45ejUPy

⬇️ Listen as Deddeh Tulay, Solidarity Center's Country Program Director for Liberia, explains impacts of halting our ILAB-supported programs in West Africa because of the Department of Labor's sudden termination of our grants.

Now more than ever, working people have to stand together to win the changes we need to create fairer workplaces & more democratic societies. That's what's happening in Liberia, as rubber workers are still bargaining a fair contract 9 months after forming a union. More here 🔗 sclinks.co/46yojho

CONFIRMED by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Worker voices are essential to determining global efforts that address the climate crisis 🌍 Solidarity Center's @ilawnetwork.bsky.social was instrumental in ensuring workers were considered in landmark opinion. More here 🔗 sclinks.co/3GCnGZw

This week, a federal judge affirmed jurisdiction in our lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s cancellation of funding for our international labor rights programs, paving the way for court review and potential reinstatement ✊ Read our full statement here 🔗 sclinks.co/4kqelCb

"What unions can build together is a beautiful vision of equity & fairness in the economy & democracy that actually delivers for normal people." Powerful words from Shawna Bader-Blau, the Solidarity Center's Executive Director, shared during LabourStart's latest podcast episode. Listen at the link.

Solidarity Center programs & partnerships lead to improved working conditions in garment & electronic #supplychain factories globally. Like in #Thailand, with the creation of a supply chain hub, where #unions have a seat at the table with the government to democratically develop worker-centered laws

“There is no ‘off’ day for the driver,” says Enoch Gyaesayor, who works seven days a week driving passengers around Accra, Ghana hoping to make just 150 cedis ($14.64) a day. Read his story & learn how #platformworkers are organizing for #decent work ➡️ sclinks.co/4e4BMzt #TimeToDeliver #ILC2025

We're setting the record straight: The Solidarity Center is an independent, non-partisan nonprofit. More at the link ⤵️ sclinks.co/settingthere...

We depend on platform workers for many things. What has a platform worker done for you? Let us know in the comments ⤵️ #ILC2025 #WorkerRights #Solidarity #PlatformWorkers #TimeToDeliver

Our ILAB-supported programs were critical in ensuring workers, like those in garment factories in Bangladesh, have the tools they need to fight for better and safer workplaces. #Solidarity #WorkersRights #SaveILAB

Our union partners are with others from the global labor movement at the @ilo.org's #ILC2025 to collaborate on worker-centered agendas, advocate on issues like decent work for #careworkers & #platformworkers, & negotiate with governments & employers on international labor standards

Platform workers refer to themselves with their own unique name or phrase depending on where they live and work. What do you call platform workers where you come from? #PlatformWorkers #TimeToDeliver #Platform #InternationalLabourConference

What IS a platform worker? #platformworkers #TimeToDeliver #platform #internationallabourconference #decentwork #ILC2025

We don’t just support worker rights — we help workers turn those rights into reality because when workers have the power to improve their own lives, democracy is stronger, economies grow & society becomes more just for everyone. #Solidarity #WorkerRights

In some countries, #childlabor & forced labor produce: ➡️Shrimp ➡️Auto parts ➡️Cotton ➡️Bananas Check out the list of items—204 goods from 82 countries—-& make a plan to avoid them: sclinks.co/list-of-good... #WorkerRights #Solidarity

Believe in fair pay, safe jobs & economic justice across borders? Join us ➡️ solidaritycenter.org/takeaction Workers in #Malaysia's electronics supply chain who make semiconductors, a part of nearly all electronics, are using collective bargaining to address & prevent hazards on the job

Unions are democratic organizations formed and led by workers that use solidarity and collective power to make workplaces better. Leave a ✊ if you agree: All working people should have the freedom to join and form unions. #WorkerRights #Solidarity #1u

Together with our partner the Moroccan Union of Labor, #platformworkers gathered for #MayDay2025 on their motorcycles, wearing their uniforms & carrying their delivery boxes, to send a strong message: All workers deserve decent work. Recognize us as employees! ✊ #TimeToDeliver