What role does ILAB play in supporting workers rights internationally?
• The United States considers that strengthening respect for worker rights around the world is essential to the U.S. foreign policy goals of promoting democracy, human rights, free trade, and international development. • Besides its participation in trade policy outlined in question #7 ILAB works closely with the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) in several key areas. • ILAB’s Office of International Relations (OIR) works with the Department of State in the implementation of that agency’s labor diplomacy program. Under this program labor officers and labor reporting officers in U.S. Embassies throughout the world monitor labor issues and report back to Washington. Much of this reporting focuses on labor rights and standards. ILAB provides specialized training on labor issues to these officers, and conducts outreach activities to keep them informed on U.S. and international labor developments. OIR Area Advisers monitor labor developments in their a
