Action Social Alert of World Solidarity

Social Alert International used to be an international coalition of social, human rights' and workers' organisations (Pax Christi International, the World Confederation of Labour, the International Youth Christian Workers, the World Movement of Christian Workers and World Solidarity). Ten years later, World Solidarity integrated Social Alert into its own structures. World Solidarity  (WSM) is the North-South movement of the Christian Workers’ Movement in Belgium.

Objectives 

The general objective of the Action Social Alert is to put decent work and social protection at the core of the international political agenda. In fact, these are two crucial strategies for a sustainable development and a structural solution in the struggle against worldwide poverty. Politicians hardly acknowledge the importance of decent work and social protection for working men and women around the world. Besides, decision-makers usually forget that both decent work and social protection are, first of all, fundamental social-economic rights. And the classification of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR’s) is still considered as a political option rather than as a set of effective rights. It is therefore important for WSM to carry on with its advocacy action based on a rights approach.

More information on World Solidarity

Everywhere in the world, people are working hard to improve their living conditions and those of their families. However, in the South, these efforts are not rewarded in the same way as in the North. Workers in the South do not earn decent wages, are often forced to work in very difficult circumstances, live in extreme poverty and do not have access to health care or social security.
World Solidarity wants to structurally address this injustice, through sustainable solutions. How? By giving people in the South every opportunity to organise themselves, e.g. in a trade union, a women’s organisation, a movements for young people or for the elderly as well as health insurance schemes and cooperatives. By organising themselves, they can better defend their rights.