ILAB in the Americas

Projects
Title | Amount | Location | Grantee | 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. |
$12,000,000 | Brazil, Colombia, Peru | American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center) | 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. |
$7,000,000 | Mexico | 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 | Mexico | American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center) | 07/19/2022 | 07/18/2024 |
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 | Mexico | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 04/01/2022 | 03/31/2027 |
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 | Mexico | Social Accountability International | 04/01/2022 | 10/31/2026 |
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. |
$8,400,000 | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras | Pan American Development Foundation | 12/31/2021 | 06/06/2026 |
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 | Mexico | Partners of the Americas | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Catalyzing Civil Society to Accelerate Progress Against Child Labor (Catalyst)The project aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations around the world to advance the fight against child labor by raising the voices of workers, advocates, and other civil society representatives. |
$4,000,000 | Global, Nepal, Peru, Uganda | Global March Against Child Labor | 12/15/2021 | 12/14/2025 |
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. |
$8,000,000 | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras | La Isla Network | 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 | Mexico | American Institutes for Research | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Research
Title | Release Year Sort ascending |
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2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor |
2022 |
Progress in Implementing Chapter 16 (Labor) and Capacity-Building under the Dominican Republic – Central America – United States Free Trade Agreement – Fourth Report |
2021 |
ILAB Synthesis Review |
2020 |
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Labor Rights Report |
2019 |
Report on the U.S. Employment Impact of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement |
2019 |
Work-Related Violence Research Project: Overview and Survey Module and Focus Group Findings (Central America)The objective of this Final End of Project Report is to summarize the development and field testing of a new module on survey questions and focus group protocols on the topic of workrelated violence (WRV), for use in Central America. This document is submitted in fulfillment of the final requirement ("Submittal 3") of the Purchase Order DOL-OPS-15-P-00239, which is cofunded by USDOL ILAB and CEO. |
2017 |
Public Report of Review of Submission No. 2015-04 (Mexico) |
2016 |
Public Report of Review of Submission No. 2015-01 (Peru) |
2016 |
Independent Impact Evaluation for the Strengthening Protections of Internationally Recognized Labor Rights in Colombia ProjectThis report describes in detail the final impact evaluation of the Strengthening Protections of Internationally Recognized Labor Rights in Colombia project. IMPAQ International, LLC, conducted an independent evaluation in collaboration with the project team and stakeholders and prepared the evaluation report according to the terms specified in its contract with the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs and the DOL Chief Evaluation Office. IMPAQ would like to express sincere thanks to all the parties involved for their support and valuable contributions. |
2016 |
Public Report of Review of Submission No. 2012-01 (Honduras) |
2015 |