S2E5 - Arnon Hiburong, SAKTI-SULUT
Returned migrant fishers are organizing new unions in Indonesia’s seafood industry. Many of these fishers have endured years of horrific and life-threatening conditions at sea, had their wages stolen, and their dignity denigrated. Now, with support from national and international rights advocates, they are helping to educate and defend younger and aspiring migrant fishers. In this episode of the Labor Link podcast, we talk with Arnon Hiburong, a former migrant fisher who started organizing w…
S2E4 - Hariyanto Suwarno (Indonesian Migrant Workers' Union) and Charli Fritzner (Greenpeace USA)
Organizing and Campaigning to Improve the Conditions of Indonesian Fishers on the Distant-Water Fleet “ Now after [migrant fishers] got knowledge from SBMI, they know their rights. And they have the bravery to ask for their r...
S2E3 - Thehoya Dy, Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights
“Our dream. We would like to see …very independent, community-based organizations run by migrant worker themselves. So they understand their rights. They protect their rights. And they stand up together for their rights… And ...
S2E2 - Nguyen, Lin, and Hok, Organizers with the Fishers' Rights Network
“Fishers, they are not allowed to have their own documents once they are on shore... the Captain or vessel owners, they keep the documents of the fishers... this is like restriction of movement because once fishers are back t...
S2E1 - Jon Hartough, Southeast Asia Regional Coordinator of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
" These fishers are facing conditions that most workers in the United States would be shocked to hear about. " Jon Hartough is the Southeast Asia Regional Coordinator for the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)....
S1E4 - Aung Kyaw, Co-Founder of Thailand's Migrant Worker Rights Network
"When I arrived in Thailand, I was an illegal migrant worker. But even though I work in a factory, I read the news every day. I read about the minimum wage. I read about eight-hour working days and how much workers should get...
S1E3 - Kalpona Akter, Director of the Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity
“I believe once you start work for worker rights, you cannot stop. You just can't stop yourself. I need to protest. I need to have these workers’ backs.” Kalpona Akter is a former child worker and labor activist from Banglade...
S1E2 - Tola Moeun, Executive Director of the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights in Cambodia
“Talking about the human rights situation in Cambodia, we believe that the democratic shrinking space is the main root cause that is undermining labor rights and human rights.” Tola Moeun is a human rights defender and the ex...
S1E1 - Sawit Kaewwan, the secretary general of the State Enterprises Workers' Relations Confederation (SERC) in Thailand
“There will be no way for us to be able to solve every single problem of migrant workers here in Thailand. The only way we can do it, we need to have them to speak up about the problem. We need to have them form their own org...