President Biden Adds Global Labor Rights To His Pro-Union Action Plan

December 18, 2023

What's New

President Biden has launched another initiative to advance labor union rights, this time from a global perspective. In a memorandum entitled “Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally,” President Biden directed executive branch agencies “to pursue a whole-of-government approach to advancing worker empowerment and organizing, workers’ rights, and labor standards globally.” The memorandum has no immediate impact on U.S. employers that operate internationally, but it does set in motion a process that could increase scrutiny of labor practices in the United States and abroad.

What It Means

For now, the global labor rights memorandum simply lays out a blueprint for future action. However, employers can anticipate that in the coming months the Biden administration will roll out various programs that flow from the memorandum’s directives. Some could have a significant impact, especially as organized labor and its allies become more formally embedded in the global worker rights policies of the United States.

What You Should Do

Follow CWC’s updates for further news about the implementation of the memorandum. CWC members can read more here.

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