ILAB in Mexico

Projects
Title | Amount | Grantee | Start Sort ascending | End |
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Una Cosecha Justa: Project to Reduce Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Other Forms of Labor Exploitation in the Chile Pepper and Tomato Sectors in MexicoThe Una Cosecha Justa project aims to increase protections for workers and reduce the risk of child labor, forced labor, and other labor rights violations among indigenous and migrant workers in the chile pepper and tomato sectors. The project will mobilize government officials, employers, workers, workers’ organizations, agricultural outreach workers, community leaders, and civil society organizations to address labor violations and increase worker engagement in advocating for their labor rights. |
$7,000,000 | World Vision | 08/02/2022 | 02/01/2027 |
Building an Independent & Democratic Labor Movement to Protect Worker Rights in MexicoThis project will strengthen the capacity of unions to organize by legitimizing collective bargaining agreements, supporting internal leadership elections, building partnerships, and providing independent unions with legal support and training for lawyers. The project will operate in the Mexican states of Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, Queretaro, Estado de Mexico and Mexico City, as well as Mexico’s northern states by promoting authentic collective bargaining in the automotive, auto parts, aerospace, call centers, electronics, garment, industrial bakeries, logistics and mining sectors. |
$10,000,000 | American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center) | 07/19/2022 | 07/18/2024 |
Sustentar: Project to Build and Strengthen Sustainability Systems in the Tomato and Chile Sectors in MexicoThe Sustentar project aims to increase private sector stakeholders’ accountability to uphold core labor standards consistent with Mexican labor laws and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s (USMCA) Labor Chapter, with a specific focus on addressing child labor, forced labor, and acceptable conditions of work. The project will include a focus on states that produce chile peppers and tomatoes, including Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Chihuahua. |
$5,000,000 | Social Accountability International | 04/01/2022 | 10/31/2026 |
Building a Comprehensive Government of Mexico Approach to Combating Child Labor and Forced LaborThis project will enhance the effectiveness of the Government of Mexico to combat child labor and forced labor at the federal level and support specific interventions in the southern states of Chiapas, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo. The duration of the project will be five years (60 months). |
$13,000,000 | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 04/01/2022 | 03/31/2027 |
Gender Equity in the Mexican WorkplaceThe Gender Equity in the Mexican Workplace project works to empower women to gain representation in union leadership in order to strengthen protections, address discrimination and harassment at work, and augment wages. |
$10,000,000 | Partners of the Americas | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Enhancing Labor Conciliation in Mexico (ENLACE)The Enhancing Labor Conciliation in Mexico project aims to support the state-level conciliation institutions established by the 2019 Mexican Labor Law Reform to help workers, unions, and employers prevent and resolve labor disputes in a transparent and efficient manner. |
$10,000,000 | American Institutes for Research | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Improving Workers’ Occupational Safety and Health in Selected Supply Chains in Mexico – A Vision Zero FundPart of the broader Vision Zero Fund - which aims to promote worker safety and health in global supply chains – this project aims to improve the occupational safety and health of workers in selected supply chains with a focus on COVID-19, female workers, and workers in vulnerable conditions. This project also helps Mexico meet its labor obligations under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). |
$5,000,000 | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 01/01/2021 | 12/31/2024 |
Mexico Awareness RaisingThe Mexico Awareness Raising project aims to support the government of Mexico, including the federal and state-level Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare, to design, execute, and sustain effective communication strategies that inform workers, unions, and employers of the legal ramifications of the country’s labor law reforms. |
$10,000,000 | Partners of the Americas | 01/01/2021 | 06/30/2025 |
Strengthening Workers’ Ability to Exercise their Labor Rights in MexicoTo build the capacity of workers, support worker engagement and organizing, and strengthen democratic worker organizations in the aerospace, mining, and call center industries, such that they become protagonists in fulfilling the potential of Mexico’s historic labor reform. The project will offer workers and their organizations expert technical assistance, ongoing skills development, and pro bono advisory and legal services. Additionally, the project will create spaces for analysis, exchange, reflection, and the development of recommendations to improve labor law reform implementation. |
$10,000,000 | American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center) | 12/31/2020 | 06/30/2025 |
Mexico Auto EmployersThe Mexico Auto Employers project aims to bring automotive sector employers into compliance with the country’s labor law reforms while improving working conditions in the automotive supply sector. The project strives to reach this goal by raising awareness of the labor reforms, supporting employers to implement relevant provisions and proactively adopt policies for compliance, and strengthening industrial relations between employers and workers. |
$3,000,000 | Pan American Development Foundation | 11/01/2020 | 10/31/2024 |