We Are Shramik Sanjal

Initiated informal worker organizing via social media to unite like-minded migrant workers from low-income sectors, fostering connections, collective awareness, and community belonging.

1. Changing the culture and the terms for recruitment
2. Giving workers an equal voice with recruiter. 
3. Pushing for a law for absentee voting rights for citizens who are migrant workers.

Expanded our global presence by participating in the Global Forumfor Responsible Recruitment (GFRR) in Singapore, advocating for workers' meaningful representation and integrating their lived experiences into global platforms.

We further represented at the Bali Process Government and Business forumin Bali and shared workers' realities of Forced Labour Conditions in many countries of destination. 

Organized a successful social media campaign, “Ghar Jana Pau” (Let me go home), for the safe repatriation of stranded Nepali migrant workers affected by COVID and continued the Rapid Response Campaign to deliver essential relief and repatriation.Served over 1,000 migrant workers across the GCC region.

Made an important shift from being an informal network to a formal organization. To guide this change, we updated our strategies and focused on four main pillars: Uniting Migrant workers, Empowerment, Direct Support, and Advancing Advocacy.

These pillars support worker-led action by setting clear program goals and making the necessary changes to how we operate. Now, these priorities are central to everything we do.

Facilitated a shift toward increased worker organizing by strengthening worker agency and collective power through grassroots engagement and strategic initiatives. Launched the internal member engagement digital platform, Shramik Chautari, to foster a safe and supportive environment for migrant workers

Achieved global recognition through campaigns and was represented at the inaugural United Nations International Migration Review Forum (IMRF).

Organized and hosted a global convening to establish the Global Network for Grassroots Movement. Fostered international collaboration and solidarity among survivors and worker-led organizations, and expanded partnerships with global actors.

We began a year focused on growth and improvement, advancing our advocacy through research initiatives. We launched the largest survey to date on Nepali migrant workers’ perceptions of out-of-country voting rights, collecting 6,485 responses.

 We remain committed to advocating collectively with greater strength, enhancing our shared voice and influence in support of migrant workers’ rights.

A major milestone was achieved: two major publications were released.

Report on Nepali migrant workers’ perceptions on Out-of-Country Voting Rights.

Puranorano Panna, a poetic recollection of Nepalese migrant workers, was published.

Both works were led by migrant workers and compilations of their feelings, emotions, and perceptions.

Shifting to a reimagined strategy focuses on building a worker-led movement and creating global solidarity. The refreshed approach centers on Representation, Organizing, Support, and Empowerment (ROSE), and amplifies lived experience through research and evidence for workers' rights advocacy