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Solidarity News from 10 Dec 2012

15/12/12

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Includes a report on migrant workers in Qatar.

Produced by Marc Belanger for Radio Labour

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Qatar

Passpartù 10: da sud a nord, andata e ritorno

14/12/12

29:52 minutes (13.68 MB) | 211 reads | 146 downloads | download this file

14 dicembre 2012

Anche quest’anno Passpartù partecipa a Radio 18/12, maratona radiofonica annuale giunta ormai alla sua sesta edizione. Il 18 dicembre decine di emittenti di ogni parte del mondo si coordineranno per trattare i temi legati alle migrazioni.

Italy

Immigrazione e lavoro 18/11/2012

05/12/12

49:19 minutes (33.86 MB) | 280 reads | 194 downloads | download this file

Children / Minors

Integration

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Legal Aid / Legal Services

Italy

Immigrant Farm Workers, the Hidden Part of New York's Local Food Movement

23/11/12

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Thanksgiving is the ultimate harvest holiday, and no one knows that better than the tens of thousands of farm workers who grow and harvest New York’s produce.The reality of agriculture is that a hefty percentage of the people who plant and harvest New York’s local food are immigrant workers, many of whom put themselves in danger to cross the border into the United States to work the land.

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United States of America

ODYSSEIA November 2012: The struggle for migrant domestic workers' rights!

18/11/12

29:07 minutes (26.65 MB) | 1571 reads | 357 downloads | download this file

Around the world, millions of domestic workers clean, cook, look after children and elderly people and do other tasks for private households. Many of these workers are migrant workers facing harsh working conditions and who are at a heightened risk of exploitation. In this new edition of Odysseia we are therefore paying special attention to the 12-by-12 Campaign, launched by the ITUC in December 2011 in partnership with a wide range of civil society organizations.

Building Equality in Unions

04/10/12

4:59 minutes (4.56 MB) | 673 reads | 375 downloads | download this file

A look at the partnership between the unions 3F (Denmark) and CAW (Canada) and how unions include diversity and migrant workers in their work.

Denmark

Immigrant workers and Occupy fight for labor rights

15/09/12

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Another partnership between activists and immigrants recently unfolded in Manhattan. There, immigrant workers at a Hot & Crusty Café have been organizing against labor abuses and wage theft with the support of Occupy Wall Street. Andalusia Knoll has more from New York City.

Source: Free Speech Radio News

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United States of America

Working conditions for migrant workers in Canada and the U.S.

18/02/12

16:00 minutes (14.65 MB) | 1477 reads | 197 downloads | download this file

December 18 is a day of action on the rights of migrant workers, refugees and displaced people. Adriana Paz was one of organizers of an event in Vancouver to commemorate this day. She is an activist with Justicia for Migrant Workers BC. Paz recently returned from the Arizona-Mexico border where she was researching the conditions for migrant workers there.

Interview by Jane Williams for Redeye on Vancouver Cooperative Radio

Labour / Labour Conditions

Domestic workers in Singapore open to mistreatment

03/01/12

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A Singapore advocate for the rights of migrant workers says the Philippines government should do more to protect it’s people overseas.

Improving working conditions for illegal fruit pickers in California

17/12/11

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In California, immigrant farm workers pick most of the state's fruits and vegetables whilst struggling to achieve better working conditions. The United Farm Workers Union estimates that about 90 percent of the roughly 30,000 farm workers in California are foreign born, mostly from Mexico and about 70 percent of those are undocumented immigrants.

Produced by:Deutsche Welle

Labour / Labour Conditions

United States of America

What is Radio 1812?

Radio 1812 is an initiative launched by December 18 in 2006. It is a global event that brings together migrant groups and radios from around the world to produce, broadcast and share programmes celebrating the achievements and highlighting the concerns of migrants worldwide. Click here to download the progress report.

Click here for a list of participants in 2012

For programs in other languages than English, Spanish or French click here.

ODYSSEIA - AUDIO MAGAZINE

The November issue of Odysseia focuses on the rights of migrant domestic workers and the campaign for the ratification of ILO Convention 189. Click here to listen to it.

The pilot edition of our audio magazine is still available. It focuses on the routes migrants take and the difficulties and challenges they face when moving from one country to another.