Workers Organizations
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Project to Increase Worker Voice and Address Forced Labor, Child Labor, and Other Labor Violations in Cattle Raising Areas of Brazil and ParaguayThe Project to Increase Worker Voice and Address Forced Labor, Child Labor, and Other Labor Violations in Cattle Raising Areas of Brazil and Paraguay will help to increase collective action by workers organizations (WOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) to address forced labor, child labor, and other labor violations in cattle raising areas of Brazil and Paraguay, specifically in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso do Sul and in the Paraguayan Department of Boquerón in the Chaco region.
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Brazil, Paraguay | International Labor Organization (ILO) | $5,000,000 | 12/15/2022 | 12/14/2026 |
Improving Respect for Workers’ Rights in BangladeshThis project aims to improve labor conditions in the construction, garment, shrimp farming, and tea sectors, with a focus on gender-based violence and harassment, occupational safety and health, and climate change and environmental degradation.
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Bangladesh | Solidarity Center | $3,000,000 | 10/01/2022 | 09/30/2026 |
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 | Solidarity Center | $10,000,000 | 07/19/2022 | 07/18/2024 |
Increasing Collective Action to Address Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Other Unacceptable Conditions of Work in El Salvador, Guatemala, and HondurasThe project will work with civil society and workers' organizations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to strengthen their capacity and bolster their collaboration with government agencies, the private sector and other stakeholders to protect labor rights and reduce child labor and forced labor. The project will focus on organizations that represent indigenous, Afro-descendant, and Garifuna populations, while promoting gender and racial equity.
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El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras | Pan American Development Foundation | $8,400,000 | 12/31/2021 | 06/06/2026 |
Support the Promotion of Labor Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)This project seeks to promote greater compliance with labor law and standards for acceptable conditions of work, including occupational safety and health, hours of work, and wages in the DRC’s mining, distribution, and construction/public works sectors.
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC) | International Labour Organization | $3,000,000 | 12/15/2021 | 04/14/2025 |
Improving Respect for Workers’ Rights in Agricultural Supply Chains in Honduras and Guatemala, and the Maquila Sector in El SalvadorPhoto by Luis Fuentes Part of the Root Causes of Migration Strategy for northern Central America, this project seeks to improve workers’ rights in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador by supporting workers’ organizations in the banana, melon, palm oil, and pineapple sectors in Honduras; the banana and palm oil sectors in Guatemala; and in the garments (maquila) sector in El Salvador.
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El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras | Solidarity Center | $5,050,000 | 12/15/2021 | 08/14/2025 |
ALFA: Addressing Labor Exploitation in Fishing in ASEANThe ALFA project will strengthen the capacity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sectoral bodies and member countries to coordinate and collaborate to address forced labor and abusive working conditions in the region’s fishing industry. ALFA will focus on ASEAN regional policy implementation, and increased engagement with the private sector, worker organizations, and civil society to mitigate forced labor and trafficking, and improve working conditions for a more sustainable, responsible and resilient fishing sector.
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Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam | Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) | $2,500,000 | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Strengthening Decent Work in the Fishing Sector in South AmericaThis project aims to address labor abuses in the fishing sector in South America, with a focus on Ecuador and Peru.
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Ecuador, Peru | International Labor Organization (ILO) | $5,000,000 | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Helping Protect Armenians’ Rights TogetherThis project will promote greater compliance with labor law and increase workers’ access to judicial and non-judicial remedies for labor violations in Armenia, with a focus on the mining and service sectors. , |
Armenia | International Labour Organization | $2,000,000 | 11/12/2020 | 05/11/2024 |