Chaumtoli HuqBy Traci Yoder, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Director of Education and Research. “The first thing I lost in law school was the reason that I came.” –Anonymous law student This quote comes from an essay by Loyola law professor and former...
By Chaumtoli Huq, Editor of Law@theMargins With the dearth of jobs in Bangladesh which is propelling so many to take life threatening voyages by sea in search of work, and falling prey to abuse by human traffickers, why...
“Gherao is the expression of the popular movement. When we talk about gherao, we talk about people’s power. When we talk about gherao, we talk about the empowerment of workers and the marginalized section of our society and students who...
On the occasion of May Day, I am sharing a clip from an interview with Dr. Wajidul Islam, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Trade Union Center where he discusses the importance of global labor solidarity. He encourages all trade unions from all...
Perspectives: Stand with Nan-Hui: Intimate Violence, Systemic Violence, and Community Accountability
By Hyejin Shim, a core organizer of the Stand With Nan-Hui campaign, based in the Bay Area, and Soniya Munshi, a member of the INCITE! National Collective and a professor of Sociology and Asian American History at the CUNY Borough of Manhattan...
Leading up to the second anniversary of Rana Plaza factory building collapse, I was thinking of what to write. Each time, I sat down to pen something I was reminded of the immense, heart wrenching pain of workers and their families. My...
Nikodemus Solitander is a postdoctoral researcher in Supply chain management and social responsibility at Hanken School of Economics, Finland. He can be contacted at nsolitander@gmail.com and followed on Twitter @CSR_FPtP Not so...
Photo credit. Birth1871 documentary. Editor of Law@theMargins Chaumtoli Huq sits down and talks with documentary filmmaker and Director of Budhan Theater Dakxin Chhara on his film Birth 1871 on the history of denotified tribes (DNT) in India...
International Women’s Day also once known as International Working Women’s Day gives us an opportunity to think about workers’ rights in the garment industry from the perspective of the majority female workforce and the female migrant workers who...
Elbert GarciaLaw@theMargins Editor Chaumtoli Huq speaks to Phoebe Taubman, Senior Staff attorney at A Better Balance and Anamaria Segura, staff attorney at MFY Legal Services about the issues women face at the workplace in celebration of International Women's...
