Resource Library
Below is a resource library you can use to learn more about ILAB's vital work and the devastating impact of the recent funding cuts. These articles, reports, and official documents offer a deeper insight into how these decisions impact vulnerable workers worldwide and American economic interests at home.
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Child Labor & Forced Labor Reports
ILAB publishes three reports on international child labor and forced labor that serve as valuable resources for research, advocacy, government action and corporate responsibility.
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Responsible Business Conduct and Labor Rights InfoHub
An online repository to communicate an all-of-government point of view, approach, and suite of resources to advance labor rights outcomes in business operations and value chains.
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ILAB Project Page
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.
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ILAB Mission & Offices
ILAB's mission is to strengthen global labor standards, enforce labor commitments among trading partners, and combat international child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking.
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Better Trade Tool
The Better Trade Tool empowers users to advance efforts in supply chain transparency as well as strategic sourcing priorities. This innovative tool integrates existing reporting developed by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) with U.S. import trade data, including Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes.
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Trump administration moves to cut programs that fight child labor abroad
The Washington Post
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ILAB Fact Sheet
To promote a fair global playing field for workers in the United States and around the world
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Global Working Conditions Matter for American Workers
The American Prospect
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AAFA Reacts to U.S. Department of Labor’s Action to Cancel All ILAB Contracts
American Apparel & Footwear Association
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Data and research on forced labour
International Labour Organization
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Department of Labor terminates grants that fight international human trafficking, promote labor rights
Economic Policy Institute
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Civil Society Groups Alarmed by Cuts to ILAB Grants
The Child Labor Coalition
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What Cuts to the Department of Labor Will Mean for You
The Century Foundation
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More than 100 Orgs Urge Restoration of ILAB Programming
National Consumers League
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InterAction on ILAB
In developing countries, ILAB builds workers’ capacity to defend their labor rights and advocate for safe working conditions, leveling the playing field for American workers and businesses.
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STOPPING THE GLOBAL RACE TO THE BOTTOM
The Solidarity Center