Global Workers Justice Alliance supports a cross border network of advocates and resources through the following programs:
Global Workers facilitates employment-related litigation for low-wage migrant workers who have left the country of employment to return home.
Practical and legal barriers usually result in migrant workers being unable to access justice in the country of employment once they have left that country. Global Workers bridges that gap by connecting and supporting advocates in the country of employment to the country of origin so that workers have access to justice no matter where they go. Cases are initiated either in the country of employment or the country of origin by advocates in those countries.
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Global Workers trains and certifies sending-country advocates in host-country employment laws, civil litigation, and human trafficking issues. The advocates are then supported by Global Workers as they provide key in-country support to the host-nation advocates offering legal representation to their nationals in the country of employment. Global Workers’ sending-country advocates will also identify cases in-country for which Global Workers will then seek the appropriate legal support.
Global Workers provides legal assistance to advocates facing challenges specific to representing workers who have left the host country. It develops support manuals which also address those legal challenges. Additional support materials will guide practitioners to overcome the practical barriers to transnational representation of workers. Workshops will be held periodically to examine and address these challenges.
Advocacy for legal and policy reform on obstacles to transnational access to justice as well as the promotion of international law in domestic cases and utilization of regional and international bodies is another important focus.
The above programs are initially launching in the United States, Mexico, and Guatemala and will eventually expand into additional transnational migratory streams. Global Workers will consider facilitating cases and conducting other programmatic work, such as trainings, in other countries on a case-by-case basis.
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