On International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, 2021, at 3:00 AM Eastern Time, we invite you to a webinar organized by the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI), entitled “Agri Workers’ Rights are Human Rights.”
Amid the starvation wages of agricultural workers and their hazardous working conditions, alongside intense political repression, we pose the questions: How can agricultural […]
The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) and its local affiliate in Tarlac, the Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA) are in the forefront of the land and justice campaign in Hacienda Luisita. We are the main convenors of Luisita Watch, a network of human rights and agrarian reform advocates from […]
Access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food is a fundamental human right. The agricultural sector employs half of the world’s labour force which includes 450 million waged agricultural workers. Agricultural workers form as high as 80% of the workforce in some developing countries. Seventy percent of all child labour is employed in agriculture.
All agricultural workers, […]