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Technical Cooperation Project Summary

Project Title

Todos y Todas Trabajamos: Derechos Laborales para Todos - Working together: Labor Rights for All

Region/Country

Central America and the Dominican Republic

Grant Number

E-9-K-7-0004

Project Duration

October May 2007 – May 2011

Funding Level

Total: $6,795,000
USG: $4,595,000 FY2006
$ 350,000 FY2007
$1,500,000 FY2009 (Still to be transferred)
CRS also provided matching support worth $ 260,000

Problem to be Addressed

Workers in Central America and the Dominican Republic do not always fully understand their labor rights and the requirements and processes to exercise those rights. Workers are therefore often unable to properly exercise their rights, which can result in an inefficient use of limited Ministry of Labor resources in attending to inappropriate or incomplete worker complaints.

Targets

Direct 68,000 workers
Indirect 150,000 workers

Project Objectives

To provide advice to workers about the scope and applicability of relevant labor laws, and when necessary, provide legal services explaining the procedural and documentation requirements to exercise those rights.

Summary of Activities
  • Establish/strengthen worker rights centers and provide quality legal services (Opened eleven centers and provided services on 17,830 cases).
  • Train trainers on labor rights and outreach, provide follow-up to trained trainers to ensure training is replicated (reached 22,284 workers through trainings).
  • Conduct targeted media campaigns informing workers how to exercise their rights on specific labor issues (reached 5,538,322 workers).
  • Collect data on cases/requests at worker rights centers, use this information to shape media campaign, and collect data on all project activities.

Implementing Organizations

Catholic Relief Services with

  • Human Rights Institute of the University of Central America (IDHUCA) El Salvador
  • Independent Monitoring Group of El Salvador (GMIES)
  • Justice and Peace Commission of Leon/Chinandega, Nicaragua
  • National Caritas of Costa Rica
  • Caritas, Honduras
  • Jesuit Refugee Service in the Dominican Republic (JRS)
  • Centro de Apoyo al Desarrollo Local (CEADEL), Guatemala

Contact Information

Office of Trade and Labor Affairs
Division of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical Cooperation
(202) 693-4900

Date Last Updated

November 16, 2009