Workers
Title | Location | Grantee | Amount | Start Sort ascending | End |
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Worker Empowerment in South AmericaThe 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.
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Brazil, Colombia, Peru | American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center) | $12,000,000 | 12/15/2022 | 12/14/2026 |
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.
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Mexico | World Vision | $7,000,000 | 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.
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Mexico | American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center) | $10,000,000 | 07/19/2022 | 07/18/2024 |
Promoting Safe and Healthy Workplaces in Honduras, Guatemala, and El SalvadorPart of the Root Causes of Migration Strategy for northern Central America, the Promoting Safe and Healthy Workplaces in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador (PREP for Change) project seeks to improve occupational safety and health (OSH) conditions for workers in the sugar and garment (maquila) sectors. The project will focus on workplace illnesses and injuries, chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes (CKDnt), and COVID-19.
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El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras | La Isla Network | $8,000,000 | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Improving Working Conditions in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain (CALLE)The Improving Working Conditions in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain project is working to improve the quality of inspections and inspection follow-ups conducted by labor inspectors; strengthen government administration and coordination of the labor inspectorate and other institutions involved in labor law enforcement; and strengthen the ability of labor courts and other institutions to effectively conciliate and adjudicate labor cases, including administration and coordination of union representation challenges.
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Mexico | American Institutes for Research | $5,659,872 | 12/15/2019 | 12/14/2023 |