AWARD PURPOSE
TO IMPROVE RESPECT FOR LABOR RIGHTS IN THE TARGET SECTORS THROUGH STRENGTHENING DEMOCRATIC, INDEPENDENT WORKERS' ORGANIZATIONS.

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PARTICIPATORY AND ITERATIVE PLANNING WITH UNIONS; TRAINING ON FUNDAMENTAL LABOR RIGHTS AND ORGANIZING METHODOLOGIES; DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR WORKER ORGANIZING; INTERNATIONAL UNION EXCHANGES; AND BUILDING REPRESENTATIVE CROSS-MOVEMENT NETWORKS WITH CSO ALLIES REPRESENTING MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS THAT CAN MOBILIZE TO ACHIEVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE ON LABOR RIGHTS.

DELIVERABLES
1) INCREASED CAPACITY OF DEMOCRATIC WORKER ORGANIZATIONS TO ORGANIZE, MOBILIZE, AND EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE LABOR RIGHTS AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF JOBS; 2) STRENGTHENED NETWORKS AMONG WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS, CSOS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENTS IN RESPECT FOR LABOR RIGHTS AND JOB QUALITY; AND 3) INCREASED ENGAGEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS WITH EMPLOYERS AND GOVERNMENT TO INFLUENCE WORKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS TO SUPPORT LABOR RIGHTS AND IMPROVED JOB QUALITY IN TARGET SECTORS.

INTENDED BENEFICIARY
TARGET SECTORS ARE IN BRAZIL, PLATFORM WORKERS AND MANUFACTURING; IN COLOMBIA, CUT-FLOWER AND MINING; AND IN PERU, MINING AND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. POPULATIONS AND BENEFICIARIES ARE IN BRAZIL, WORKERS AND UNIONS, WITH A FOCUS ON AFROBRAZILIAN, YOUNG, AND WOMEN PLATFORM WORKERS; WOMEN, LGBTQIA+, AFROBRAZILIAN, AND MIGRANT MANUFACTURING WORKER; IN COLOMBIA, WOMEN IN THE CUT-FLOWER INDUSTRY, AFROCOLOMBIAN AND INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN MINING SECTORS; AND IN PERU, WOMEN, YOUTH, AND INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN THE MINING AND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL SECTORS.

SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES
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