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International Trade Union Confederation President Ayuba Wabba shares how the collective power of the Nigerian labor movement forced the government to enact policies to help workers during COVID-19 and discusses how the global union movement must work for a new social contract in the post-pandemic world.

A New Contract for Recovery and Resilience, speech by Ayuba Wabba on Decent Work Day, 2020
New Social Contract: ITUC Report Makes Economic Case for Social Protection
Climate and Labor Justice
NLC Suspends Strike

 
 

Adriana Paz Ramírez shares how in the midst of incredible hardship, domestic workers in Latin America have come together through their unions and associations to take care of each other and to use their collective strength to push for the legal rights they deserve as workers. Paz is Latin America Regional Coordinator of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF).

IDWF
Domestic Workers: Health, Growing, Taking Action
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From Nicaragua, Francia Blanco, a trans rights union activist and domestic worker, shares with Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau how she and other trans domestic workers are joining in their union to win rights on the job and respect in their communities.

Domestic Workers: Healing, Growing, Taking Action
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LGBT Rights in Nicaragua

George Sandul, a worker rights attorney in Ukraine, joins Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau in a discussion about how how unions in Ukraine are engaged in creative campaigns to reach gig economy workers who have few rights as workers under the law. 

Taken for a Ride: Litigating the Digital Platform Model
Around the World, Platform Food Couriers Are Mobilising for Basic Workers’ Rights
Worker Rights Experts Field COVID-19 Queries in Ukraine

 

The COVID-19 pandemic created economic hardship for many workers worldwide, and migrant workers were especially hard hit. Preeda, a migrant rights lawyer in Thailand, discusses how laws that exclude migrant workers from basic support systems like unemployment insurance leave have left millions with no income, and often no way to return home.

Episode Summary.
A Pandemic Reset for Migrant Workers, Neha Misra and Shannon Lederer
How COVID-19 Affects Women in Migration, Carolina Gottardo and Paola Cyment

 
 

Host Shawna Bader-Blau, Solidarity Center executive director, talks with worker rights advocates in Belarus and Brazil who share inspiring stories of workers defending democracy.

Episode summary.
Why Did the Dam Collapse in Brazil? Here’s a Brief Look
Impossible, Unthinkable Change Is Happening in Belarus