Our international grants support projects to combat some of the most abusive labor practices, including the use of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in global supply chains. ILAB-funded projects also promote trade partners’ compliance with the labor requirements of U.S. trade agreements and preference programs – helping to ensure a fair global playing field for workers in the United States and around the world.
Results
Strengthening Worker Engagement, Empowerment, and Trust in the Dominican Sugar Sector (SWEET)12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The SWEET project empowers sugarcane field workers in the Dominican Republic to improve their working and living conditions through increased use of formal and informal mechanisms, including legal assistance, social services, and grievance processes. |
Impactt Limited |
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Worker Empowerment in South America12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The Worker Empowerment in South America project seeks to improve respect for labor rights in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru by strengthening democratic, independent workers' organizations in the agricultural, platform (gig) economy, manufacturing, and mining sectors. |
Solidarity Center |
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Working in Freedom in Jordan’s Qualified Industrial Zones08/10/2023 - 05/30/2026 This project aims to promote fundamental principles and rights at work for garment sector workers in Jordan through support to the Workers’ Center in the Al-Hassan qualified industrial zone (QIZ), which creates a space for workers to gather, access various services, and exercise their labor rights. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Observation and Engagement for Rights Verification and Realization Initiative (OBSERVAR)08/23/2023 - 08/22/2026 The OBSERVAR project will support workplace democratic processes in Mexico through the impartial observation of workplace votes and the capacity building of key stakeholders on the issues of freedom of association and collective bargaining. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Engaging Workers and Civil Society to Strengthen Labor Law Enforcement, Phase II10/01/2023 - 09/30/2026 The Engaging Workers and Civil Society to Strengthen Labor Law Enforcement (Engage II) project aims to improve the knowledge of and compliance with labor laws in Georgia. |
Solidarity Center |
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Promoting Quality Jobs in Infrastructure Development10/01/2023 - 03/31/2028 The Promoting Quality Jobs in Infrastructure Development project aims to support safe, quality jobs on infrastructure project sites in Indonesia and the Philippines that are financed by Multilateral Development Banks. The project is part of the U.S. Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment, and Rights (M-POWER), and advances the goals of the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment. |
Solidarity Center |
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Research, Innovation, and Strategic Engagement (RISE)11/01/2023 - 05/01/2028 The RISE project works with governments, workers, and employers to respect, promote, and realize workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining rights globally. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Supporting Safe and Inclusive Work Environments in Lesotho11/15/2023 - 05/14/2028 This project aims to improve occupational safety and health and counter discrimination and gender-based violence and harassment in the informal economy, public service and hazardous sectors. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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PATH: Proyecto de Asistencia Tecnica para Trabajadoras del Hogar:12/02/2023 - 11/30/2027 |
Pan American Development Foundation |
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Research to Action II (RTA II): Using Knowledge to Inform Action for the Elimination of Child Labor and Forced Labor12/04/2023 - 12/03/2027 The Research to Action II initiative will improve information-sharing between researchers and decision makers on child labor, forced labor, and other labor rights issues. It will strengthen statistical and research capacities of partner governments and other stakeholders, produce research and research tools, and coordinate with policy makers on a shared research agenda to advance labor rights, with a focus on child labor and forced labor. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Strengthening Worker Engagement, Empowerment, and Trust in the Dominican Sugar Sector (SWEET)12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The SWEET project empowers sugarcane field workers in the Dominican Republic to improve their working and living conditions through increased use of formal and informal mechanisms, including legal assistance, social services, and grievance processes. |
Impactt Limited |
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Worker Empowerment in South America12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The Worker Empowerment in South America project seeks to improve respect for labor rights in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru by strengthening democratic, independent workers' organizations in the agricultural, platform (gig) economy, manufacturing, and mining sectors. |
Solidarity Center |
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Working in Freedom in Jordan’s Qualified Industrial Zones08/10/2023 - 05/30/2026 This project aims to promote fundamental principles and rights at work for garment sector workers in Jordan through support to the Workers’ Center in the Al-Hassan qualified industrial zone (QIZ), which creates a space for workers to gather, access various services, and exercise their labor rights. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Observation and Engagement for Rights Verification and Realization Initiative (OBSERVAR)08/23/2023 - 08/22/2026 The OBSERVAR project will support workplace democratic processes in Mexico through the impartial observation of workplace votes and the capacity building of key stakeholders on the issues of freedom of association and collective bargaining. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Engaging Workers and Civil Society to Strengthen Labor Law Enforcement, Phase II10/01/2023 - 09/30/2026 The Engaging Workers and Civil Society to Strengthen Labor Law Enforcement (Engage II) project aims to improve the knowledge of and compliance with labor laws in Georgia. |
Solidarity Center |
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Promoting Quality Jobs in Infrastructure Development10/01/2023 - 03/31/2028 The Promoting Quality Jobs in Infrastructure Development project aims to support safe, quality jobs on infrastructure project sites in Indonesia and the Philippines that are financed by Multilateral Development Banks. The project is part of the U.S. Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment, and Rights (M-POWER), and advances the goals of the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment. |
Solidarity Center |
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Research, Innovation, and Strategic Engagement (RISE)11/01/2023 - 05/01/2028 The RISE project works with governments, workers, and employers to respect, promote, and realize workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining rights globally. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Supporting Safe and Inclusive Work Environments in Lesotho11/15/2023 - 05/14/2028 This project aims to improve occupational safety and health and counter discrimination and gender-based violence and harassment in the informal economy, public service and hazardous sectors. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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PATH: Proyecto de Asistencia Tecnica para Trabajadoras del Hogar:12/02/2023 - 11/30/2027 |
Pan American Development Foundation |
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Research to Action II (RTA II): Using Knowledge to Inform Action for the Elimination of Child Labor and Forced Labor12/04/2023 - 12/03/2027 The Research to Action II initiative will improve information-sharing between researchers and decision makers on child labor, forced labor, and other labor rights issues. It will strengthen statistical and research capacities of partner governments and other stakeholders, produce research and research tools, and coordinate with policy makers on a shared research agenda to advance labor rights, with a focus on child labor and forced labor. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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