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AS WORLD leaders look for a way to repair a global economy deeply injured by the first wave of Coronavirus, we look this month at the struggle between the wealthy and the workers – and what has been said about it.
“I believe only trade unions can obtain the rights of women workers at the workplace. This is why I believe that women workers should be involved in the trade union movement. That is why I became involved in the trade union movement, and it is why I have been working to organize women workers. … To make trade unions powerful, we have to build women leaders. We must organize women workers. Or else we cannot build an accountable and strong trade union movement. I believe that around the world, all trade unions should involve women workers.”
Shahida Parveen, General Secretary, National Women Workers Trade Union Centre, Bangladesh
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