Dr. Halit SUICMEZEconomist-Writer – TÜRKIYE Concepts of “poverty threshold and hunger threshold” are constantly on the agenda in Türkiye. Obviously, misery, poverty, hunger, subsistence indicators are phenomena deepened by capitalism. On the background of poverty

Dr. Derya UğurPresident of the General Health Workers‘ Union – TÜRKİYE The privatization and marketization of institutions, which are established with the taxes and hard work of the people and which must be operated to

Rebecca NOMUSABI Uganda Textile, Garment, Leather and Allied Workers‘ Union|UTGLAW PREAMBLE. The Uganda Textiles union which had its greatest strength in the north, called a strike of textile workers in 1934 to protect worsening working

Bilge Seçkin ÇETINKAYABIRTEK-SEN In the face of increasingly integrated global supply chains, fragmented and localized labor resistance is no longer sufficient. From Turkey to India, from Bangladesh to Uganda and Nigeria, textile and garment workers

Ashila DANDENIYA General Secretary of Stanup Workers Union – SRI LANKA I am Ashila Dandeniya, general secretary of Stanup Workers Union, and I am also a former garment factory worker.  We started work on the

Ntima MAKHETHAUnited Textile Employees – UNITE Solidarity embodies genuine unity, mutual support towards a common goal, built on trust, empathy and shared values. Below is brief outline on how we can better utilize the aforementioned

Okan KARAÇAMRevolutionary Textile Workers‘ Union – TÜRKİYE The textile and garment sector has been the largest sector of production and trade since the Anatolian civilizations up to the Ottoman Empire and, later, the Republic of

TOWHIDUR RAHMANPresident Bangladesh Apparels Workers Federation – BAWF These are points which we are proposing for Joint Action plan. We believe that we all can go forward if we include the following activities as: 1.