ILAB in the Americas
Projects
Title | Amount | Location | Grantee | Start Sort ascending | End |
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Strengthening Civil Society to Protect and Advocate for Migrant WorkersThe Strengthening Civil Society to Protect and Advocate for Migrant Workers project will provide civil society with the tools and training to protect migrant workers, particularly Mexican nationals participating in U.S. Temporary Foreign Worker programs, by supporting fair recruitment initiatives, building awareness of labor rights, and increasing the use of formal mechanisms for workers to exercise those rights. |
$3,000,000 | Mexico | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 01/01/2024 | 06/30/2028 |
AgroJusto: Project to Improve Adherence to International Labor Standards in the Agricultural Sector in EcuadorThe AgroJusto Project, implemented by Partners of the Americas, aims to improve compliance with international labor standards in the cut flower sector in Cotopaxi and the banana sector in El Oro. The project will use an area-based approach, reinforcing local ownership and building the capacity of local private, community, and government stakeholders. It will empower worker organizations, producer associations community and indigenous groups, and local entities to address labor violations. |
$4,470,000 | Ecuador | Partners of the Americas | 12/31/2023 | 12/31/2028 |
Project to Increase Municipal Collective Action to Address Child Labor and Forced Labor in MexicoThe project will build capacity among municipal stakeholders, such as government officials, workers, worker organizations, labor unions, civil society organizations, community groups, and private-sector stakeholders, to work together to design and implement locally led actions to address child and forced labor in targeted municipalities in Chiapas and San Luis Potosi, Mexico. |
$4,455,000 | Mexico | Verité | 12/15/2023 | 12/14/2027 |
PATH: Proyecto de Asistencia Tecnica para Trabajadoras del Hogar: |
$5,000,000 | Mexico | Pan American Development Foundation | 12/02/2023 | 11/30/2027 |
Observation and Engagement for Rights Verification and Realization Initiative (OBSERVAR)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. |
$5,000,000 | Mexico | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 08/23/2023 | 08/22/2026 |
Towards Effective Courts and Coordinated Labor JusticeThe 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. |
$10,945,260 | Mexico | Ergo Group, Inc. | 01/23/2023 | 07/23/2027 |
Project to Expand and Assess the Fair Food Program (FFP) Model for Promotion of Human Rights and Labor Rights Protections in International Agricultural Supply Chains |
$2,500,000 | Chile | Fair Food Standards Council | 12/30/2022 | 12/29/2025 |
Project to Expand and Assess the Fair Food Program (FFP) Model for Promotion of Human Rights and Labor Rights Protections in International Agricultural Supply Chains |
$2,500,000 | Mexico | Fair Food Standards Council | 12/30/2022 | 12/29/2025 |
Research Project on Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa SectorThe goal of this project is to research, identify, and develop indicators of progress being made in high-risk countries to eliminate child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector; to research best practices utilized by the governments and the cocoa and chocolate industry, and to research the participation of worker organizations in addressing child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. |
$436,131 | Brazil | American Institutes for Research | 12/23/2022 | 03/26/2024 |
Research Project on Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa SectorThe goal of this project is to research, identify, and develop indicators of progress being made in high-risk countries to eliminate child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector; to research best practices utilized by the governments and the cocoa and chocolate industry, and to research the participation of worker organizations in addressing child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. |
$436,131 | Ecuador | American Institutes for Research | 12/23/2022 | 03/26/2024 |
Title | Amount | Location | Grantee | Start Sort ascending | End |
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Strengthening Civil Society to Protect and Advocate for Migrant WorkersThe Strengthening Civil Society to Protect and Advocate for Migrant Workers project will provide civil society with the tools and training to protect migrant workers, particularly Mexican nationals participating in U.S. Temporary Foreign Worker programs, by supporting fair recruitment initiatives, building awareness of labor rights, and increasing the use of formal mechanisms for workers to exercise those rights. |
$3,000,000 | Mexico | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 01/01/2024 | 06/30/2028 |
AgroJusto: Project to Improve Adherence to International Labor Standards in the Agricultural Sector in EcuadorThe AgroJusto Project, implemented by Partners of the Americas, aims to improve compliance with international labor standards in the cut flower sector in Cotopaxi and the banana sector in El Oro. The project will use an area-based approach, reinforcing local ownership and building the capacity of local private, community, and government stakeholders. It will empower worker organizations, producer associations community and indigenous groups, and local entities to address labor violations. |
$4,470,000 | Ecuador | Partners of the Americas | 12/31/2023 | 12/31/2028 |
Project to Increase Municipal Collective Action to Address Child Labor and Forced Labor in MexicoThe project will build capacity among municipal stakeholders, such as government officials, workers, worker organizations, labor unions, civil society organizations, community groups, and private-sector stakeholders, to work together to design and implement locally led actions to address child and forced labor in targeted municipalities in Chiapas and San Luis Potosi, Mexico. |
$4,455,000 | Mexico | Verité | 12/15/2023 | 12/14/2027 |
PATH: Proyecto de Asistencia Tecnica para Trabajadoras del Hogar: |
$5,000,000 | Mexico | Pan American Development Foundation | 12/02/2023 | 11/30/2027 |
Observation and Engagement for Rights Verification and Realization Initiative (OBSERVAR)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. |
$5,000,000 | Mexico | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 08/23/2023 | 08/22/2026 |
Towards Effective Courts and Coordinated Labor JusticeThe 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. |
$10,945,260 | Mexico | Ergo Group, Inc. | 01/23/2023 | 07/23/2027 |
Project to Expand and Assess the Fair Food Program (FFP) Model for Promotion of Human Rights and Labor Rights Protections in International Agricultural Supply Chains |
$2,500,000 | Chile | Fair Food Standards Council | 12/30/2022 | 12/29/2025 |
Project to Expand and Assess the Fair Food Program (FFP) Model for Promotion of Human Rights and Labor Rights Protections in International Agricultural Supply Chains |
$2,500,000 | Mexico | Fair Food Standards Council | 12/30/2022 | 12/29/2025 |
Research Project on Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa SectorThe goal of this project is to research, identify, and develop indicators of progress being made in high-risk countries to eliminate child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector; to research best practices utilized by the governments and the cocoa and chocolate industry, and to research the participation of worker organizations in addressing child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. |
$436,131 | Brazil | American Institutes for Research | 12/23/2022 | 03/26/2024 |
Research Project on Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa SectorThe goal of this project is to research, identify, and develop indicators of progress being made in high-risk countries to eliminate child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector; to research best practices utilized by the governments and the cocoa and chocolate industry, and to research the participation of worker organizations in addressing child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. |
$436,131 | Ecuador | American Institutes for Research | 12/23/2022 | 03/26/2024 |
Research
Title | Release Year |
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2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor |
2023 |
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 |
Standing Up for Workers: Promoting Labor Rights Through Trade |
2015 |