Verité and Verité Southeast Asia stand in solidarity with the labor rights movement and the people of Myanmar in condemning the military coup which took place on February 1, 2021. Furthermore, Verité and VSEA strongly denounce the violent crackdown perpetrated by the Myanmar military and police forces against its citizens practicing their right to peacefully protest.
With over 368,000 Filipino citizens in Europe, the Philippines is a key source of labor in the region. With the support of Porticus, Verité conducted an assessment of labor risks for Filipino migrant workers involved in the fishing, seafaring, and domestic work sectors in Europe, as well as in two emerging host countries for Filipino workers: the Czech Republic and Poland.
Lograr el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos en los ambientes laborales sigue siendo un reto en muchas industrias del mundo. Pese a que se ha establecido el derecho a tener un trabajo que provea de una remuneración justa y que permita una vida digna para los trabajadores y sus familias, hoy todavía no podemos decir que este derecho está garantizado.
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Achieving compliance with human rights in the workplace remains a challenge in many industries around the world. Although the right to have a job that provides fair remuneration and that allows a decent life for workers and their families has been established, today we still cannot say that this right is guaranteed.
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