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
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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Towards Effective Courts and Coordinated Labor Justice01/23/2023 - 07/23/2027 The Towards Effective Courts and Coordinated Labor Justice (TECLAB) project aims to support independent state labor courts created by Mexico’s 2019 Labor Law Reform to administer labor justice in an effective, efficient, and consistent manner. |
The Ergo Group, Inc. |
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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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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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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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Building an Independent & Democratic Labor Movement to Protect Worker Rights in Mexico07/19/2022 - 07/18/2024 This 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. |
Solidarity Center |
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ALFA: Addressing Labor Exploitation in Fishing in ASEAN12/15/2021 - 06/14/2026 The 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. |
Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) |
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ALFA: Addressing Labor Exploitation in Fishing in ASEAN12/15/2021 - 06/14/2026 The 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. |
Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) |
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Improving Respect for Workers’ Rights in Agricultural Supply Chains in Honduras and Guatemala, and the Maquila Sector in El Salvador12/15/2021 - 08/14/2025 Photo 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. |
Solidarity Center |
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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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Towards Effective Courts and Coordinated Labor Justice01/23/2023 - 07/23/2027 The Towards Effective Courts and Coordinated Labor Justice (TECLAB) project aims to support independent state labor courts created by Mexico’s 2019 Labor Law Reform to administer labor justice in an effective, efficient, and consistent manner. |
The Ergo Group, Inc. |
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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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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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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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Building an Independent & Democratic Labor Movement to Protect Worker Rights in Mexico07/19/2022 - 07/18/2024 This 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. |
Solidarity Center |
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ALFA: Addressing Labor Exploitation in Fishing in ASEAN12/15/2021 - 06/14/2026 The 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. |
Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) |
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ALFA: Addressing Labor Exploitation in Fishing in ASEAN12/15/2021 - 06/14/2026 The 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. |
Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) |
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Improving Respect for Workers’ Rights in Agricultural Supply Chains in Honduras and Guatemala, and the Maquila Sector in El Salvador12/15/2021 - 08/14/2025 Photo 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. |
Solidarity Center |
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