Labor unions

Landless March in Brazil

mateus.flores — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:21:17 -0700

Landless March in Brazil

Monica Garcia - Southwest Workers Union

Hub Intern — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:02:44 -0700

This interview was conducted by a fellow participant at the US Human Rights Network National conference in Chicago April 17th-20th, 2008.

To empower people of color, workers, youth and grassroots communities through education, local leadership development, training, hands-on organizing and mobilizing. We strive to build membership based organizations, coalitions and networks to gain power to achieve environmentally safe and sustainable communties, jobs and fair wages with dignity and justice.

James Thindwa - Jobs with Justice

Hub Intern — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:53:23 -0700

This interview was conducted by a fellow participant at the US Human Rights Network National conference in Chicago April 17th-20th, 2008. James Thindwa discusses the work of "Jobs with Justice".

Jane Norman - American Rights At Work

Hub Intern — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:58:46 -0700

This interview was conducted by a fellow participant at the US Human
Rights Network National conference in Chicago April 17th-20th, 2008.

Jane Norman discusses her work with American Rights At Work.

Advancing Democracy in the American Workplace

Indian H-2B workers on Hunger Strike

msfw — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:19:34 -0700

Indian Guest Workers, Survivors of Labor Trafficking Launching
Hunger Strike in Front of White House to Demand Protection Under the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act

Who Killed Chea Vichea? - Trailer

BradleyCox — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:39:23 -0700

Trailer for the upcoming documentary movie. For more info, go to www.whokilledcheavichea.com

Midwest Coalition for Human Rights

MidwestHumanRights — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:52 -0700

Founded in 1995, the Midwest Coalition for
Human Rights is now a network of more
than 40 advocacy organizations, service
providers, and university-based human
rights centers in nine states. We are dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in our Midwest region, in the United States and internationally. Working together we provide broader visibility for urgent human rights issues in the Heartland and project a strong Midwest advocacy voice in the national and international human rights debate.

Beijing beyond the Olympics - 5 Jan 08

aljazeeraenglish — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:39:02 -0800

In the wake of the Olympics, the benefits of Beijing's rapid economic development is not being felt by many of the capital's residents. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports.

Iraqi Oil Workers Are Living Under Tyranny!

EBJW — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:58:35 -0800

Sharing her views on the undemocratic and unfair labor situation in U.S.-Occupied Iraq was Ms. Shawna Bader-Blau, Senior Program Officer of the Solidary Center for the AFL-CIO. Background: The regime installed in Iraq by the Bush Administration has banned all trade unions. A rally protesting the suppression of workers' rights in that country was held on Aug. 16, 2007. It was sponsored by the AFL-CIO, its Solidarity Center, and the Washington, D.C. Labor Council. The event was held in front of the Republic of Iraq Embassy, at 3421 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Workers' Rights are Human Rights

With These Hands I Demand the Future: Coalition of Immokalee Workers

EBJW — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:32:26 -0800

With these hands I demand the future that poverty wages have stolen from me.

Farmworkers returning from picking tomatoes bought by companies, such as McDonald's, show hands stained with pesticides and heavy with hard work.

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is declaring that they are tired, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, of "relying on the goodwill and understanding of those who profit from exploiting us," and are escalating their campaign to convince fast food companies to end human rights violations in their supply chains.

Workers' Rights are Human Rights