Tula Connell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tula Connell
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Labor
Workers’ rights as human rights: The Solidarity Center, the UN, and the ITUC
March 7, 2017Globalization has not benefited most of the world’s workers, says panelist Raquel Gonzalez, director of ITUC’s Geneva office.
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Solidarity Center documents wage theft in Zimbabwe
July 18, 2016Workers in Zimbabwe are seeing their already-low wages stolen at alarming rates.
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Labor
Domestic workers see gains, yet struggle for decent work
June 16, 2016"I do housework, cooking, gardening, take care of the children," said domestic worker Amma, who is forced to sleep in a garage; "I receive insults like, 'You are an animal.'"
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World
Swazi human rights leader released from prison
July 16, 2015Imprisoned Swazi human rights leader Mario Masuku and student activist Maxwell Dlamini were granted bail by the Supreme Court of Swaziland.
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World
Five years after Haiti quake, workers still struggle
January 13, 2015In recent discussions with export apparel workers in Port-au-Prince, the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center found that workers pay half their daily wage on two daily meals.
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Labor
Migrant workers “shouldn’t have to be tortured to have work”
September 30, 2014Three times each month, women across Bangladesh gather to learn all they can about the only means by which they can support their families: migrating to another country for work.
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Labor
Machinists reach tentative contract with Caterpillar
August 16, 2012The proposed six-year contract contains many improvements over previous offers.
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Labor
‘Young workers: A lost decade’
September 4, 2009Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare...
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