The Federation du Commerce brings together women and men throughout Quebec, in the wholesale and retail trade, the agrifood, finance and tourism sectors. At the time of its creation, the federation had less than 1,500 members and 10 unions. Today, the federation has nearly 30,000 members, grouped into 330 unions.
Global Labor Justice
ILRF is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide. ILRF promotes enforcement of labor rights internationally through public education and mobilization, research, litigation, legislation, and collaboration with labor, government and business groups. ILRF is based in Washington, D.C.
Justicia for Migrant Workers
Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW) is a volunteer run political non-profit collective comprised of activists from diverse walks of life (including labour activists, educators, researchers, students and youth of colour) based in Toronto, Ontario, and now in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We are engaged in this work alongside our personal commitments and numerous social justice struggles.
Laundry Workers Center
Laundry Workers Center United addresses the need for community-based leadership development geared toward improving the living and working conditions of workers in the laundry and food service industries, as well as their families. Our work aims to combat abuses such as landlord negligence, wage theft, and hazardous and exploitative working conditions, all of which are endemic in low-income communities in New York City and New Jersey.
Migrant Justice
Migrant Justice builds the voice, capacity and power of the migrant farmworker community and engages community partners to organize for social and economic justice and human rights.
Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights
The Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights was established in 1996 and works in solidarity with 600+ members, including low-wage African American workers, with a special focus on women via Organizing, Popular Education and Advocacy. Key issues include: racial discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation. The Center conducts door to door outreach, organizes demonstrations and conferences and launches multi-media campaigns.
New Seasons Labor Union
Our union is dedicated to the idea that all of us deserve fairness, respect, and dignity in our occupations, industry, and community. We fight to achieve this through collective action and collective bargaining. New Seasons Labor Union began in the spring of 2022. Workers at the Seven Corners store, inspired by the success of independent organizing around the country, decided to form a new union from the ground up. Since then, our union has grown to represent over a thousand workers at eleven stores.
United for Respect
United for Respect (UFR) is a multiracial national nonprofit organization fighting for big and bold policy change that improve the lives of people who work in retail. UFR is advancing a movement for an economy where corporations respect working people and support a democracy that allows Americans to live and work in dignity. We are over 16 million men and women of different ages, sexual orientations, and ethnicities — and we are fighting for a country that works for all of us, not just a few billionaires. We dream big and we win big.
Pioneer Valley Workers Center
PVWC mission is to build power for low-wage, and immigrant workers in Western Massachusetts. Through innovative and creative worker-driven organizing strategies, the Center unites community allies to win real change in the lives of working families and our communities.
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
ROC-United is a national restaurant workers’ organization seeking improved wages and working conditions for restaurant workers. With 5,000 members in 7 local affiliates around the country, ROC engages in: organizing campaigns against ‘low road’ actors in the restaurant industry; promotion of the ‘high road’ through partnerships with responsible restaurant owners, cooperative restaurant development, and industry training and placement programs; and participatory research and policy work.
