Strategic Solidarity: Worker Organizing in the United States & Mexico
Update: 2022-05-03
Description
What's driving the current wave of worker organizing across the United States and around the world? How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the game for how companies and governments engage with workers? Human Rights Initiative Director Marti Flacks discusses the growing popularity of trade unions and the implications for global supply chains with Cathy Feingold of the AFL-CIO and Paolo Marinaro of the Solidarity Center.
Additional Resources:
- AFL-CIO: https://aflcio.org/
- Solidarity Center Mexico: https://www.solidaritycenter.org/category/americas/mexico/
- Starbucks Workers Drive Nationwide Surge in Union Organizing: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/01/1095477792/union-election-labor-starbucks-workers-food-service-representation
- GM Silao Facility Workers Vote Overwhelmingly in Favor of the SINTTIA Union: https://aflcio.org/2022/2/4/gm-silao-facility-workers-vote-overwhelmingly-favor-sinttia-union
- Work That Pays Off: The Strategic Dimension of Labor Obligations in Trade Agreements: https://www.csis.org/analysis/work-pays-strategic-dimension-labor-obligations-trade-agreements
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