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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 14d

No climate justice without labour justice.

A green transition built on exploitation is neither just nor sustainable.

Read Equidem’s Climate Week statement 👉 equidem.org/climate-week...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Aug 20

1000s of Nepali workers are being sent abroad on visit visas, only to end up in undocumented, unsafe, & exploitative jobs. In his latest piece, Rameshwar Nepal of Equidem exposes how corruption& collusion fuel this system and why urgent reforms are needed.
english.onlinekhabar.com/visit-visas-...

Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jul 23

Read Equidem’s latest blog, released in the context of the UN’s June 2025 call urging states to guarantee decent work and labour protections for migrant domestic workers.
equidem.org/a-house-of-l...

Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 30

What happens when AI workers are exposed to trauma—and silenced by NDAs?

In the Jacobin, Equidem’s Shikha & Nandita reveal how tech firms are fueling a public health crisis by hiding the harm faced by content moderators & data labelers.

jacobin.com/2025/06/ai-m...

Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 30

AI depends on invisible and exploited labour.

In a new blog for the Institute for Human Rights and Business, Eiffel Abedin from Equidem, expose the harsh, often traumatic conditions faced by content moderators and data labelers across the Global South.

📖 www.ihrb.org/latest/conte...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 24

In Tech Policy Press, Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee and Nandita Shivakumar, drawing on Equidem's latest report, unpack how Big Tech weaponizes NDAs to suppress workers trauma, block labour organizing & dodge corporate accountability.

📰 Read: techpolicy.press/how-ndas-bec...

How NDAs Became the AI Industry’s Tool for Surveillance and Silence | TechPolicy.Press

Nandita Shivakuma and Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee discuss the hidden labor supporting AI development and how NDAs silence these workers.

techpolicy.press

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 16

It’s time to recognise domestic work as essential work — and ensure these workers receive dignity, fair wages, social protection, and legal rights wherever they are.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 16

On #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay, we honour the 75 million domestic workers who keep families, homes, and communities running — yet remain invisible, undervalued, and unprotected.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 16

Today on #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay, Equidem joins rights groups urging Saudi Arabia to protect over 4M migrant domestic workers — including 1.2M women.

We demand:
⚖️ Equal labour rights
🛑 End to kafala
📜 Ratify ILO Conventions 189 & 190
👁️ Real enforcement & oversight of workers rights

Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 5

✊🏽 From Nairobi to Manila to the Gulf, gig workers are organizing across borders.
This piece is a launchpad for their collective vision of global justice.
🧠 Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of work, labor rights, and tech accountability.

Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 5

But workers aren’t staying silent. In Geneva, alongside the official ILC, gig workers and organizers are hosting a counter gathering. Their goal: to challenge corporate narratives, center worker voices, and push for a global framework grounded in rights, dignity, and worker-led solutions.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 5

📍 As the International Labour Conference debates platform work, this piece lays it out clearly: the current system is failing gig workers. And the way AI is being built and deployed is only making things worse—used not to empower workers, but to surveil them, drive down pay, and block organizing.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨 Just published: a powerful piece at @techpolicypress.bsky.social co-authored by our Equidem CEO Mustafa Qadri, alongside fellow organizers Chandan Kumar, Anousha Peters, and Aju John—all on the front lines of the fight for platform worker rights.

www.techpolicy.press/gig-workers-...

Gig Workers United: Reimagining Global Justice in the Era of AI | TechPolicy.Press

Platform workers from 28 countries meet in Geneva to ensure their voices are heard as the ILO discusses global labor standards for gig work.

www.techpolicy.press

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 3

📣 The declaration calls for living wages, social security, health and safety protections, and proper employment classification for platform workers. It also demands algorithmic transparency, protection of workers data, the right to organise, and access to remedies for unfair decisions.

Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 3

🧑🏾‍💻 From content moderators and data labellers to app-based drivers and delivery workers, millions power our digital economy—yet too many face poverty-level wages, algorithmic surveillance, and total lack of protections.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · Jun 3

JUST LAUNCHED: Joint Declaration on Decent Work in the Platform Economy
As the International Labour Conference 2025 begins we stand united with global unions, CSOs & grassroots worker organizations in calling for strong international standards to protect platform workers.
equidem.org/joint-declar...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · May 28

📢 Happening today!

🕐 10 AM EST I 5 PM EAT
📲 Register now: us05web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎤 Speakers include:
▪️ Two former content moderators
▪️ Ephantus Kanyugi, Data Labelers Association
▪️ Eric Mwezi Manzi, ITUC
▪️ Mylene Cabalona, BIEN Pilipinas
▪️ Mustafa Qadri, Equidem