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Today=E2=80=99s highlights on our efforts to expand labor rights and new fo=
rms of bargaining on global supply chains, capital markets, and internation=
al labor migration corridors include:=20

Decent Work and Central American Migration=20

A Call for the Protection of the Lives and Rights of the Colombian People

New Jersey Workers Expose Forced Labor and are Demanding Transnational Labo=
r Justice Across the BAPS Global Supply Chain

CALL TO ACTION: Tell Brands to Keep Garment Workers Safe by Signing a Succe=
ssor Agreement to the Bangladesh Accord in Solidarity with Bangladeshi Unio=
ns and Workers

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Decent Work and Central American Migration=20

Board Member Jennifer Gordon and Executive Director Jennifer (JJ) Rosenbaum=
published an op ed arguing that, =E2=80=9CThe long history of United State=
s political intervention and economic extraction in Central America are key=
factors in the violence and corruption that are propelling people to leave=
today. A focus on decent work as a part of migration policy in the region =
is one way to address some of the damage from that legacy, to strengthen de=
mocracy and reduce inequality =E2=80=94 and to lay the groundwork that will=
ultimately offer Central Americans a genuine choice to stay home.=E2=80=9D

This builds on testimony at the recent Congressional briefing GLJ-ILRF orga=
nized with the International Workers=E2=80=99 Rights Caucus to highlight th=
e how the Honduran industrial agricultural workers=E2=80=99 union El Sindic=
ato de Trabajadores de la Agroindustria y Similares (STAS) has continued to=
struggle to organize farmworkers on the Fyffe=E2=80=99s supply chain. =E2=
=80=9CThe difference between staying in Honduras and leaving for the United=
States is not whether you have a job or not. It=E2=80=99s whether you have=
decent work,=E2=80=9D states Tom=C3=A1s Membre=C3=B1o, President of STAS. =
More information on Fyffes can be found in the GLJ-ILRF report Fyffes Farm=
s Exposed: The Fight for Justice in the Honduran Melon Field.

=E2=80=9CWe should be insisting that part of any trade agreement, any inter=
national relationship, financial, trade, economic, whatever it may be will =
hinge upon the protection of labor and human rights in that country,=E2=80=
=9D emphasized Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ 3rd). Representative Jan =
Schakowsky (D-IL 9th) also spoke powerfully and committed to continue her l=
eadership bringing attention to international labor rights and decent work =
in Central America for STAS and unions like it in the region, and globally.=
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GLJ-ILRF Calls for the Protection of the Lives and Rights of the Colombian =
People

Beginning on April 28th, workers and young people throughout Colombia have =
taken to the streets in strikes and mobilizations. Their demand is simple a=
nd just: the poor and working classes cannot afford to pay even more of the=
costs of this economic crisis. A popular sign in the protest reads, =E2=80=
=9CIf people protest during a pandemic, it=E2=80=99s because they have more=
to fear from their government than from the virus.=E2=80=9D As has been to=
o often the story in Colombia, these protests were met with brutal repressi=
on, murder, disappearances, and sexual violence.

GLJ-ILRF stands with the global labor movement in repudiating the Colombian=
government=E2=80=99s response to protests and the country=E2=80=99s ongoin=
g violence against union leaders and social activists. We add our voice to =
the call led by our partners at UNI Americas: The Inter-American Commission=
on Human Rights (IACHR) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights must=
intervene immediately to protect the lives and rights of the Colombian peo=
ple.

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GLJ-ILRF Stands in Solidarity With New Jersey Workers Who Exposed Forced La=
bor and are Demanding Transnational Labor Justice Across the BAPS Global Su=
pply Chain

GLJ-ILRF stands in solidarity with the caste oppressed workers in New Jerse=
y who came forward & exposed forced labor along the BAPS global supply chai=
n last week and are demanding transnational labor justice. With the support=
of unions in the United States and India, these workers are demanding chan=
ge to a global economy. GLJ-ILRF stands with them and calls on the Biden Ad=
ministration to continue to expand the federal government=E2=80=99s policie=
s, programs, and practices to empower workers to organize and successfully =
bargain with their employers both as part of U.S. domestic economic policy =
as well as in migration, development, and foreign policy. You can read GLJ-=
ILRF=E2=80=99s full statement of solidarity here and find more information =
including press and statements of support here.=20

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CALL TO ACTION: Rana Plaza Never Again - Tell Brands to Keep Garment Worker=
s Safe

The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh has been the most succ=
essful safety program in the contemporary history of fashion supply chains,=
resulting in major safety renovations at factories and drastically reducin=
g risks of workplace injury and deaths for Bangladeshi workers. The Accord =
is a binding, independent and enforceable agreement between fashion brands,=
trade unions, and witnesses including GLJ-ILRF, signed weeks after the Ran=
a Plaza factory building collapse on April 24, 2013, in which 1,133 workers=
were killed.=20

The Accord was scheduled to expire on May 31 unless signatories agree to a =
new successor agreement. Unions with their international allies including W=
itness Signatory GLJ-ILRF have proposed that fashion brands sign onto a new=
successor agreement to protect the progress the Accord represents. The pro=
posed successor agreement to the Accord includes enforceable and binding co=
mmitments on individual fashion corporations, an independent inspectorate a=
nd secretariat to implement and monitor the agreement, and expansion of the=
principles and program to other countries where garment workers=E2=80=99 l=
ives are routinely at risk at work.=20

On Sunday, UNI Global Union, IndustriALL Global Union and a brand negotiat=
ing announced they had agreed to a three-month extension of the commitments=
of the 2018 Transition Accord to allow negotiations to continue.

Christy Hoffman, UNI general secretary, said in a release: =E2=80=9CWe welc=
ome this extension, which will allow us more time to negotiate a successor =
agreement to the Accord. We must put the mechanisms in place to ensure the =
success and credibility of the RSC as well as a safe workplace for millions=
of workers.=E2=80=9D

Eight years after Rana Plaza, despite significant progress on health and sa=
fety at Bangladeshi garment factories, the need for continued action is urg=
ent. Factories covered by the Accord still have major safety hazards that t=
he Accord would obligate them to correct under a successor agreement, as sh=
own in recent research by Accord witness signatories including GLJ-ILRF. Bi=
nding and enforceable agreements between workers and multinational corporat=
ions =E2=80=94 like the Accord and its proposed successor agreement =E2=80=
=94 are essential tools for workers to organize and bargain with companies =
at the top of cross border supply chains.=20

Join GLJ-ILRF in demanding the Accord=E2=80=99s brand signatories agree to =
a successor agreement and protect progress on fire and building safety at g=
arment factories in Bangladesh. Take a moment to send a direct message to b=
rand signatories here to demand a successor agreement to the Accord in soli=
darity with Bangladeshi unions and workers to protect progress on health an=
d safety in fashion supply chains in Bangladesh.=20

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or Justice Across the BAPS Global Supply Chain</span></a></span></li>=20
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Tell Brands to Keep Garment Workers Safe by Signing a Successor Agreement t=
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4px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span st=
yle=3D"font-size: 12pt;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Board Member Jen=
nifer Gordon and Executive Director Jennifer (JJ) Rosenbaum published an </=
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span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> arguing that, =E2=80=9C</span><span style=
=3D"font-weight: 400;">The long history of United States political interven=
tion and economic extraction in Central America are key factors in the viol=
ence and corruption that are propelling people to leave today. </span><span=
style=3D"font-weight: 400;">A focus on decent work as a part of migration =
policy in the region is one way to address some of the damage from that leg=
acy, to strengthen democracy and reduce inequality =E2=80=94 and to lay the=
groundwork that will ultimately offer Central Americans a genuine choice t=
o stay home.=E2=80=9D</span></span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-fa=
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m: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"><span style=
=3D"font-weight: 400;">This builds on testimony at the recent Congressional=
briefing GLJ-ILRF organized with the International Workers=E2=80=99 Rights=
Caucus to highlight the how </span><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">the H=
onduran industrial agricultural workers=E2=80=99 union </span><em><span sty=
le=3D"font-weight: 400;">El Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Agroindustria y=
Similares</span></em><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> (STAS) has continu=
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&nbsp; </span><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">=E2=80=9CThe difference bet=
ween staying in Honduras and leaving for the United States is not whether y=
ou have a job or not. It=E2=80=99s whether you have decent work,=E2=80=9D s=
tates Tom=C3=A1s Membre=C3=B1o, President of STAS.&nbsp; </span><span style=
=3D"font-weight: 400;">More information on Fyffes can be found in the GLJ-I=
LRF report </span><a href=3D"[link removed]
ck-link/BOOav4dZPifOUOZQ3IbHz2bcmdzfax70_3-F3tDYXGw=3D/O6FNsvSeNwBrbAb6FbGA=
ADf97Nt3wav4PdX_Eq8YiPQ=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none;=
font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; t=
ext-align: left; line-height: 130%;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Fyff=
es Farms Exposed: The Fight for Justice in the Honduran Melon Field</span><=
/a><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">.</span></span></p> <p style=3D"color:=
#3c4144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding:=
0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1=
30%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight:=
400; font-size: 12pt;">=E2=80=9CWe should be insisting that part of any tr=
ade agreement, any international relationship, financial, trade, economic, =
whatever it may be will hinge upon the protection of labor and human rights=
in that country,=E2=80=9D emphasized Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ 3r=
d). Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL 9th) also spoke powerfully and comm=
itted to continue her leadership bringing attention to international labor =
rights and decent work in Central America for STAS and unions like it in th=
e region, and globally.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=3D"center" style=3D=
"color: #3c4144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; p=
adding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin=
-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span style=3D"fon=
t-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">__________________________________________=
____________________</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Ta=
homa,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0;=
text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px;=
Margin-bottom: 10px;">&nbsp;</p> <p class=3D"center" style=3D"color: #3c41=
44; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; ma=
rgin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px=
; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;=
"><a href=3D"[link removed]
PifOUOZQ3IbHz2bcmdzfax70_3-F3tDYXGw=3D/O6FNsvSeNwBrbAb6FbGAAHBnS8uJlSInrkDB=
0q0ZWS4=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-family: Ta=
homa,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left;=
line-height: 130%;"><strong>GLJ-ILRF Calls for the Protection of the Lives=
and Rights of the Colombian People</strong></a></span></p> <p style=3D"col=
or: #3c4144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; paddi=
ng: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height=
: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weig=
ht: 400; font-size: 12pt;">Beginning on April 28th, workers and young peopl=
e throughout Colombia have taken to the streets in strikes and mobilization=
s. Their demand is simple and just: the poor and working classes cannot aff=
ord to pay even more of the costs of this economic crisis. A popular sign i=
n the protest reads, =E2=80=9CIf people protest during a pandemic, it=E2=80=
=99s because they have more to fear from their government than from the vir=
us.=E2=80=9D As has been too often the story in Colombia, these protests we=
re met with brutal repression, murder, disappearances, and sexual violence.=
</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-ser=
if; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; f=
ont-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px=
;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;"><a title=3D"GLJ-ILRF =
stands with the global labor movement" href=3D"[link removed]
mails/tracking/click-link/BOOav4dZPifOUOZQ3IbHz2bcmdzfax70_3-F3tDYXGw=3D/O6=
FNsvSeNwBrbAb6FbGAAFf43wIfuEnMypBiExzwBxY=3D" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noop=
ener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma,G=
eneva,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-=
height: 130%;">GLJ-ILRF stands with the global labor movement</a> in repudi=
ating the Colombian government=E2=80=99s response to protests and the count=
ry=E2=80=99s ongoing violence against union leaders and social activists. W=
e add our voice to the call led by our partners at UNI Americas: The Inter-=
American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the UN High Commissioner fo=
r Human Rights must intervene immediately to protect the lives and rights o=
f the Colombian people.</span></p> <p class=3D"center" style=3D"color: #3c4=
144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; m=
argin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10p=
x; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 40=
0; font-size: 12pt;">______________________________________________________=
________</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,=
sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align:=
left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bott=
om: 10px;">&nbsp;</p> <p class=3D"center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-fam=
ily: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Mar=
gin: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bot=
tom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"><a href=3D=
"[link removed]
z2bcmdzfax70_3-F3tDYXGw=3D/O6FNsvSeNwBrbAb6FbGAACDxRC_jN5PWbUCpECm0DkM=3D" =
style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,=
sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height=
: 130%;"><strong>GLJ-ILRF Stands in Solidarity With New Jersey Workers Who =
Exposed Forced Labor and are Demanding Transnational Labor Justice Across t=
he BAPS Global Supply Chain</strong></a></span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4=
144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; m=
argin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; =
margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"=
><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">GLJ-ILRF stands in solidarity with the c=
aste oppressed workers in New Jersey who came forward &amp; exposed forced =
labor along the BAPS global supply chain last week and are demanding transn=
ational labor justice. With the support of unions in the United States and =
India, these workers are demanding change to a global economy. GLJ-ILRF sta=
nds with them and calls on the Biden Administration to continue to expand t=
he federal government=E2=80=99s policies, programs, and practices to empowe=
r workers to organize and successfully bargain with their employers both as=
part of U.S. domestic economic policy as well as in migration, development=
, and foreign policy. You can read GLJ-ILRF=E2=80=99s full statement of sol=
idarity </span><a href=3D"[link removed]
link/BOOav4dZPifOUOZQ3IbHz2bcmdzfax70_3-F3tDYXGw=3D/O6FNsvSeNwBrbAb6FbGAABg=
WAN-rutxXMCmyPNdrSl8=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; fo=
nt-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text=
-align: left; line-height: 130%;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">here</s=
pan></a><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;and find more information i=
ncluding press and statements of support </span><a href=3D"[link removed]
emails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/BOOav4dZPifOUOZQ3IbHz2bcmdzfax70_3-F3=
tDYXGw=3D/O6FNsvSeNwBrbAb6FbGAADlTgPShsdVZzf6q9cucxZ4=3D" style=3D"color: #=
0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-=
weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 130%;"><span st=
yle=3D"font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">=
.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class=3D"center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font=
-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0;=
Margin: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin=
-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400; font-s=
ize: 12pt;">______________________________________________________________<=
/span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-seri=
f; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; fo=
nt-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;=
">&nbsp;</p> <p class=3D"center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Taho=
ma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; f=
ont-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px=
; text-align: center;"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
api.neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/BOOav4dZPifOUOZQ3IbHz2bcmdzfa=
x70_3-F3tDYXGw=3D/O6FNsvSeNwBrbAb6FbGAAGMO0gzYgcLc2kSPn9CIY4E=3D" style=3D"=
color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-seri=
f; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 130%;">=
<strong>CALL TO ACTION: Rana Plaza Never Again - Tell Brands to Keep Garmen=
t Workers Safe</strong></a></span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-fam=
ily: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Mar=
gin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom=
: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400; font-size: 1=
2pt;">The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh has been the mos=
t successful safety program in the contemporary history of fashion supply c=
hains, resulting in major safety renovations at factories and drastically r=
educing risks of workplace injury and deaths for Bangladeshi workers. The A=
ccord is a binding, independent and enforceable agreement between fashion b=
rands, trade unions, and witnesses including GLJ-ILRF, signed weeks after t=
he Rana Plaza factory building collapse on April 24, 2013, in which 1,133 w=
orkers were killed.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-famil=
y: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margi=
n: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: =
10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The Ac=
cord was scheduled to expire on May 31 unless signatories agree to a new su=
ccessor agreement.</strong><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> Unions with t=
heir international allies including Witness Signatory GLJ-ILRF have propose=
d that fashion brands sign onto a new successor agreement to protect the pr=
ogress the Accord represents. The proposed successor agreement to the Accor=
d includes enforceable and binding commitments on individual fashion corpor=
ations, an independent inspectorate and secretariat to implement and monito=
r the agreement, and expansion of the principles and program to other count=
ries where garment workers=E2=80=99 lives are routinely at risk at work.&nb=
sp;</span></span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Tahoma,Genev=
a,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-alig=
n: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bo=
ttom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">On Sunday, =
UNI Global Union, IndustriALL Global Union and a brand&nbsp; negotiating an=
nounced they had agreed to a three-month extension of the commitments of th=
e 2018 Transition Accord to allow negotiations to continue.</span></p> <p s=
tyle=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight:=
400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; =
line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 12pt;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Christy Hoffman, UN=
I general secretary, said in a </span><a href=3D"[link removed]
/emails/tracking/click-link/BOOav4dZPifOUOZQ3IbHz2bcmdzfax70_3-F3tDYXGw=3D/=
O6FNsvSeNwBrbAb6FbGAAElfxx5g9lss1elwkWc6Svo=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; te=
xt-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: in=
herit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 130%;"><span style=3D"fon=
t-weight: 400;">release</span></a><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">: =E2=
=80=9CWe welcome this extension, which will allow us more time to negotiate=
a successor agreement to the Accord. We must put the mechanisms in place t=
o ensure the success and credibility of the RSC as well as a safe workplace=
for millions of workers.=E2=80=9D</span></span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c=
4144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; =
margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 130%;=
margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;=
"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Eight years after Rana Plaza, despite s=
ignificant progress on health and safety at Bangladeshi garment factories, =
the need for continued action is urgent. Factories covered by the Accord st=
ill have major safety hazards that the Accord would obligate them to correc=
t under a successor agreement, as </span><a href=3D"[link removed]
com/emails/tracking/click-link/BOOav4dZPifOUOZQ3IbHz2bcmdzfax70_3-F3tDYXGw=
=3D/O6FNsvSeNwBrbAb6FbGAAHTiHTvcfPhXkpe80I6Gyrs=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9=
; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight=
: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 130%;"><span style=3D=
"font-weight: 400;">shown in recent research by Accord witness signatories =
including GLJ-ILRF</span></a><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">. Binding an=
d enforceable agreements between workers and multinational corporations =E2=
=80=94 like the Accord and its proposed successor agreement =E2=80=94 are e=
ssential tools for workers to organize and bargain with companies at the to=
p of cross border supply chains.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style=3D"color:=
#3c4144; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding:=
0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1=
30%; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 1=
2pt;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Join GLJ-ILRF in demanding the Acco=
rd=E2=80=99s brand signatories agree to a successor agreement and protect p=
rogress on fire and building safety at garment factories in Bangladesh. Tak=
e a moment to </span><a href=3D"[link removed]
click-link/BOOav4dZPifOUOZQ3IbHz2bcmdzfax70_3-F3tDYXGw=3D/O6FNsvSeNwBrbAb6F=
bGAAIs5AtQEieOfpu8N3DInr6U=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: no=
ne; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0=
; text-align: left; line-height: 130%;"><strong>send a direct message to br=
and signatories here</strong></a><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> to dema=
nd a successor agreement to the Accord in solidarity with Bangladeshi union=
s and workers to protect progress on health and safety in fashion supply ch=
ains in Bangladesh. </span></span></p></th>=20
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Today’s highlights on our efforts to expand labor rights and new forms of bargaining on global supply chains, capital markets, and international labor migration corridors include:

Decent Work and Central American Migration

A Call for the Protection of the Lives and Rights of the Colombian People

New Jersey Workers Expose Forced Labor and are Demanding Transnational Labor Justice Across the BAPS Global Supply Chain

CALL TO ACTION: Tell Brands to Keep Garment Workers Safe by Signing a Successor Agreement to the Bangladesh Accord in Solidarity with Bangladeshi Unions and Workers

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Decent Work and Central American Migration

Board Member Jennifer Gordon and Executive Director Jennifer (JJ) Rosenbaum published an op ed arguing that, “The long history of United States political intervention and economic extraction in Central America are key factors in the violence and corruption that are propelling people to leave today. A focus on decent work as a part of migration policy in the region is one way to address some of the damage from that legacy, to strengthen democracy and reduce inequality — and to lay the groundwork that will ultimately offer Central Americans a genuine choice to stay home.”

This builds on testimony at the recent Congressional briefing GLJ-ILRF organized with the International Workers’ Rights Caucus to highlight the how the Honduran industrial agricultural workers’ union El Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Agroindustria y Similares (STAS) has continued to struggle to organize farmworkers on the Fyffe’s supply chain. “The difference between staying in Honduras and leaving for the United States is not whether you have a job or not. It’s whether you have decent work,” states Tomás Membreño, President of STAS. More information on Fyffes can be found in the GLJ-ILRF report Fyffes Farms Exposed: The Fight for Justice in the Honduran Melon Field.

“We should be insisting that part of any trade agreement, any international relationship, financial, trade, economic, whatever it may be will hinge upon the protection of labor and human rights in that country,” emphasized Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ 3rd). Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL 9th) also spoke powerfully and committed to continue her leadership bringing attention to international labor rights and decent work in Central America for STAS and unions like it in the region, and globally.

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GLJ-ILRF Calls for the Protection of the Lives and Rights of the Colombian People

Beginning on April 28th, workers and young people throughout Colombia have taken to the streets in strikes and mobilizations. Their demand is simple and just: the poor and working classes cannot afford to pay even more of the costs of this economic crisis. A popular sign in the protest reads, “If people protest during a pandemic, it’s because they have more to fear from their government than from the virus.” As has been too often the story in Colombia, these protests were met with brutal repression, murder, disappearances, and sexual violence.

GLJ-ILRF stands with the global labor movement in repudiating the Colombian government’s response to protests and the country’s ongoing violence against union leaders and social activists. We add our voice to the call led by our partners at UNI Americas: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights must intervene immediately to protect the lives and rights of the Colombian people.

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GLJ-ILRF Stands in Solidarity With New Jersey Workers Who Exposed Forced Labor and are Demanding Transnational Labor Justice Across the BAPS Global Supply Chain

GLJ-ILRF stands in solidarity with the caste oppressed workers in New Jersey who came forward & exposed forced labor along the BAPS global supply chain last week and are demanding transnational labor justice. With the support of unions in the United States and India, these workers are demanding change to a global economy. GLJ-ILRF stands with them and calls on the Biden Administration to continue to expand the federal government’s policies, programs, and practices to empower workers to organize and successfully bargain with their employers both as part of U.S. domestic economic policy as well as in migration, development, and foreign policy. You can read GLJ-ILRF’s full statement of solidarity here and find more information including press and statements of support here.

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CALL TO ACTION: Rana Plaza Never Again - Tell Brands to Keep Garment Workers Safe

The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh has been the most successful safety program in the contemporary history of fashion supply chains, resulting in major safety renovations at factories and drastically reducing risks of workplace injury and deaths for Bangladeshi workers. The Accord is a binding, independent and enforceable agreement between fashion brands, trade unions, and witnesses including GLJ-ILRF, signed weeks after the Rana Plaza factory building collapse on April 24, 2013, in which 1,133 workers were killed.

The Accord was scheduled to expire on May 31 unless signatories agree to a new successor agreement. Unions with their international allies including Witness Signatory GLJ-ILRF have proposed that fashion brands sign onto a new successor agreement to protect the progress the Accord represents. The proposed successor agreement to the Accord includes enforceable and binding commitments on individual fashion corporations, an independent inspectorate and secretariat to implement and monitor the agreement, and expansion of the principles and program to other countries where garment workers’ lives are routinely at risk at work.

On Sunday, UNI Global Union, IndustriALL Global Union and a brand negotiating announced they had agreed to a three-month extension of the commitments of the 2018 Transition Accord to allow negotiations to continue.

Christy Hoffman, UNI general secretary, said in a release: “We welcome this extension, which will allow us more time to negotiate a successor agreement to the Accord. We must put the mechanisms in place to ensure the success and credibility of the RSC as well as a safe workplace for millions of workers.”

Eight years after Rana Plaza, despite significant progress on health and safety at Bangladeshi garment factories, the need for continued action is urgent. Factories covered by the Accord still have major safety hazards that the Accord would obligate them to correct under a successor agreement, as shown in recent research by Accord witness signatories including GLJ-ILRF. Binding and enforceable agreements between workers and multinational corporations — like the Accord and its proposed successor agreement — are essential tools for workers to organize and bargain with companies at the top of cross border supply chains.

Join GLJ-ILRF in demanding the Accord’s brand signatories agree to a successor agreement and protect progress on fire and building safety at garment factories in Bangladesh. Take a moment to send a direct message to brand signatories here to demand a successor agreement to the Accord in solidarity with Bangladeshi unions and workers to protect progress on health and safety in fashion supply chains in Bangladesh.



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