"I truly do think this is a turning point for workers here in Massachusetts who are afraid to speak up about the dangerous conditions they endure. This shows that even if the worker doesn't stay in the US, they have rights that are most basic to us all."
- Stacie A. Sobosik
Law Offices of Martin Kantrovitz
"While in Guatemala, our team received indispensable assistance from Global Workers' local partner, based in Chiquimula, Guatemala. The local partner provided much-needed logistical help, and more importantly, accompanied us in our outreach work. The presence of a local organization that was familiar with the community, and also committed to worker justice issues, proved to be essential. We could not have undertaken this work -- often in isolated communities -- without the support of our local partner."
- Jayesh Rathod
International Human Rights Clinic, Washington College of Law, American University
"The Global Workers Justice Alliance envisions an alternative; one that would support the migrants who respond to labor demands but who also choose not to permanently relocate in the host countries. Bu providing the workers the opportunity to pursue legal claims from Guatemala, our national will be empowered to return and invest in their home countries."
- Frank La Rue
Former President, Guatemalan Presidential Commission on Human Rights (COPREDEH)
"Workers deserve justice no matter which country they hail from or work. Advocates in both nations need to be better supported to more effectively respond to this new reality. We look forward to supporting this project."
- Jorge Madrazo
Former Consul of Mexico, Former Mexican Attorney General
"There is a huge need for a sustained transnational network of labor lawyers who can collaborate on concrete advocacy for workers who cross borders for jobs, but who too often suffer violations of labor rights and standards… However, we have not developed infrastructure for systematic advocacy on behalf of individual workers or groups of workers that can really achieve remedies under national labor law systems, as envisioned in the Global Workers Justice Alliance project. The project will add a new, stronger dimension to international legal advocacy... The Global Workers Justice Alliance would provide a new, concrete organization and mechanism for addressing the violations identified, but not remedied, in that report."
- Lance Compa
School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
"Global Workers is badly needed. It will fill an urgent need and greatly help in our work and increase assistance to migrants."
- Mary Bauer
Director,
Immigrant Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center