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Union Organizing (company wages unfair):
The International Labor Organization (International_Labor_Organization ) of the UN is the world hub center for worker legal information, for advice on strikes and proper union organizing. If you think you are being exploited at work, it's a good idea to contact the ILO chapter in your area. Like the UN, the ILO is a good place to register your complaint, but seek your support from international and local unions. The ILO can help with issues of child labor, a 40 hr. workweek and other labor oriented human rights (as long as your country is registered with the ILO).
Most people in the developing world make about $800 per year and should probably making substantially more than that. And a 40 hr work week is a normal workweek in the developed world ... and should be the amount of time you spend working per week. Children under 16 should not work at all (although I am unsure of what the international legal working age is ... the ILO can tell you). If you are being exploited, contact your local union or ILO chapter and get the professional help you deserve.
Labor unions may be helpful in establishing a fair wage. If you are a farmer, footwear worker, apparel (textile and clothing) worker, construction or electronics worker and your pay is below US$8 per hour it is likely that you are underpaid. This is called wage slavery; right now activists in Europe and America are fighting this underpayment at World Economic Forum (World_Economic_Forum) meetings and WTO (World_Trade_Organization) meetings worldwide. See also IATP_Trade_Observatory. You can defend yourself by inviting a union to help organize for a fair wage.
In the past, union organizers have been tortured, killed or harmed in other ways (Covert Action Quarterly magazine for some details). This is a very delicate subject, and you should decide for yourself whether or not to organize. However, if you don't organize a union you may spend your life at a pay level that is barbarically low. If you can organize, and you feel comfortable in doing so I do suggest it. Act peacefully, and with integrity (and this is good advice in defending native land as well). The ILO and some of the unions listed here may help you get started with organizing a local union at your place of business (if no local union is available). Here is an international sampling of labor unions, to be used as a hub resource for starting unions locally. I need to emphasize that they may help, but they may not. It doesn't hurt to contact them.
Intl._Longshoreman's_Assn.
American_Federation_of_Labor_and_Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations(see their anti-sweatshop campaign)
Airline_Pilots_Association
Intl._Union_of_Bricklayers_&_Allied_Craftworkers
Locomotive
Intl._Brotherhood_of_Boilermakers,_Iron_Ship_Builders,_Blacksmiths,_Forgers_&_Helpers
International_Organization_of_Masters,_Mates_and_Pilots
World_Confederation_of_Labor
International_Federation_of_Actors
Federation_of_Musicians
Global_Unions
International_Association_of_Fire_Fighters
Intl._Assn._of_Machinists_&_Aerospace_Workers
Intl._Brotherhood_of_Electrical_Workers
ICEM
International_Confederation_of_Trade_Unions
International_Confederation_of_Trade_Unions,_African_Region
International_Fair_Trade_Association
International_Federation-of_Building_and_Wood_Workers
International_Federation_of_Journalists
Intl._Federation_of_Professional_&_Technical_Engineers
Intl._Labor_Communications_Assn.
International_Metal_Workers
Intl._Assn._of_Bridge,_Structural,_Ornamental_&_Reinforcing_Iron_Workers
International_Transport_Workers
International_Textile_Garment_and_Leather_Workers_Federation
International_Union_of_Elevator_Constructors
Intl._Union_of_Electronic,_Electrical,_Salaried,_Machine_&_Furniture_Workers/CWA
IUF
International_Union_of_Industrial_and_Independent_Workers
Intl._Union_of_Operating_Engineers
International_Union_of_Painters_and_Allied_Trades
LabourStart
United_Electrical
International_Songwriters_and_Composers
Teamsters
United_Association(plumbers and pipefitters)
Intl._Union_of_Automobile,_Aerospace_&_Agricultural_Implement_Workers/UAW
United_Farm_Workers
International_Union_of_Professional_Drivers
UNI_Global_Union
Unite
United_Steelworkers
World_Federation_of_Trade_Unions
Public_Services_International