“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 to the shore they cannot move freely. They are forced to stay on the fishing boat vessel.” – Mario
Mario, Nguyen, and Lin are organizers with the Fishers’ Rights Network (FRN). FRN works with fishers in Thailand to increase their knowledge of their rights, and to improve wages and working conditions. For their protection, we're only using their first names.
In this episode, Judy Gearhart interviews Mario, Nguyen, and Lin about challenges in their work and the obstacles they face.
About The Labor Link Podcast
The Labor Link Podcast supports workers' rights in global supply chains by sharing personal stories and perspectives of the brave individuals organizing the workers who make our stuff. The Labor Link Podcast is hosted by Judy Gearhart of American University’s Accountability Research Center.
Series 1 was produced by Evan Matthew Papp of Empathy Media Lab with support from the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Season 2 is produced by Jules Taylor. Contact Judy Gearhart for media inquiries at gearhart@american.edu.
About the Host of The Labor Link Podcast
Judy Gearhart is Research Professor with the Accountability Research Center at American University’s School of International Service. She co-teaches a class on Human Rights and the Politics of Inequality at Columbia University, has served as the executive director of the International Labor Rights Forum and the programs director for Social Accountability International. She got her start as an organizer in Mexico and working for UNICEF and the ILO in Honduras.
About the Accountability Research Center
The Accountability Research Center (ARC) is based in American University’s School of International Service. ARC bridges research and frontline perspectives to learn from ideas, institutions, and actors that advance strategies to improve public accountability. Through extensive dialogue with partners and collaborators, ARC co-designs exploratory research that is relevant for their strategies and can contribute to international thinking about how change happens.
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