This $6 million Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) aims to enhance social security access and worker protections for approximately 500,000 internal migrant workers and their families in 15 districts of Bangladesh over a four-year period. The project will be implemented through partnerships with four local organizations, focusing on interventions to facilitate social...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded a $9 million cooperative agreement to the Solidarity Center to improve occupational safety and health and address gender-based violence and harassment in Bangladesh's ready-made garment, shrimp farming, construction, and tea sectors from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. Through the award, the Solidarity Center will build the capacity of workers and unions in the target sectors to identify and collectively address OSH...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) to the International Labor Organization (ILO) with a performance period from December 1, 2024 to March 27, 2025. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of labor stakeholders in Brazil, including the Ministry of Labor and Employment, to implement tripartite pacts focused on promoting decent work, formalizing employment,...
The International Labor Organization (ILO) will receive $8.5 million through a cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs to implement Phase II of the Bridge Project from December 2022 through December 2024. The project aims to effectively eliminate traditional and state-imposed forced labor systems and significantly reduce contemporary forms of forced labor linked to human trafficking. Key products and services will include...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded a $6 million cooperative agreement to Impactt Limited under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) federal grant program. The objective is to increase the use of formal and informal mechanisms by sugar sector field workers and their families in the Dominican Republic to improve working and living conditions from December 2022 through December 2026. Impactt will build the capacity of workers, community-based...
This $8,334,428 Cooperative Agreement award, titled "SHAKTI: BUILDING WORKER POWER FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE ACTIVITY", was granted by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029, supports the American Center For International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center) in promoting worker rights, empowerment, and economic justice globally. Key...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $987,540 to Accountability Lab under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to create an informed civil society and support at-risk groups in Bangladesh from September 2022 through September 2024. The award will fund projects to operate without threats of censorship, harassment, and violence for youth, journalists, civil society organizations, women,...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $9,000,000 was granted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401). The award aims to strengthen workers' rights in Malaysia's electronics supply chain through a project implemented by the American Center For International Labor Solidarity, doing business as Solidarity Center. The project, running from December 2024 to March 2025, will provide technical assistance, capacity...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded a $30 million cooperative agreement to the American Center For International Labor Solidarity from July 2022 through July 2024 under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) federal grant program. Under this cooperative agreement, the American Center For International Labor Solidarity will deliver technical assistance and capacity building services to support worker rights in Mexico. The International Labor Programs...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded a $4,999,883 cooperative agreement to Social Accountability International from April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026 under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) federal grant program. Under this cooperative agreement, Social Accountability International will provide services to combat international child labor. Specifically, the organization will work with the Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor...