Memorandum on Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally

The U.S. government is committed to ensuring high labor standards, bringing workers' voices to the decision-making table, and enforcing rules against unfair labor practices – not just at home, but around the world. That is why President Biden launched the Presidential Memorandum on Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally, the first whole-of-government approach to advance workers’ rights by directing departments and agencies to elevate labor rights in their work abroad.

The Presidential Memorandum on Global Labor Rights helps to:

• Enhance the labor diplomacy and consistently include worker voices in engagements abroad, including in multilateral engagements;
• Defend workers when they come under threat or face violence for exercising their labor rights;  
• Expand the U.S. government’s capacity to advance workers’ rights around the world; and
• Pursue effective and meaningful responses to labor rights violations and address gaps in labor rights protections and compliance.

This Memorandum is intended to raise global labor standards, building on the full range of existing authorities and tools in diplomacy, foreign assistance and programming, law enforcement, and global trade and economic cooperation, consistent with relevant international obligations and commitments.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/11/16/memorandum-on-advancing-worker-empowerment-rights-and-high-labor-standards-globally/

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