UUSC Programs: Economic Justice

Workers' Rights are Human Rights

Economic justice is essential for securing basic human rights, alleviating local and global poverty, and achieving a more peaceful and just world. As a human rights and social justice organization, UUSC embraces a vision of economic human rights, recognizing that workers rights are human rights.

The ideal of universal, inalienable and indivisible human rights, is codified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It provides the ethical framework that guides our programs, as well as a concrete means to hold power accountable and make justice real.

Strengthening workers’ right to a living wage and the right to organize

UUSC’s Economic Justice Program strengthens the right of workers to earn a living wage with dignity, and supports workers around the world to organize to defend those rights. Our approach includes:

Supporting partners domestically and internationally through grant-making, technical assistance, and facilitating their participation in broader social movements.

Influencing public and private institutional policies, and monitoring policy implementation to create favorable conditions for the fulfillment of workers' rights.

Increasing the connection of UUSC constituents with economic justice work through education and experiential learning opportunities.