US trade body reacts after the US Department of Labor cancels all funding for ILAB programmes to protect workers
WASHINGTON DC – The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has expressed alarm at the Trump administration's cancelling of contracts for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs’ (ILAB) programmes to defend worker rights.
It says contracts to have been scrapped include funding for International Labor Organization (ILO) 'Better Work' programmes in garment-producing countries Haiti, Jordan, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam, as well as a project to stop violence against women in Lesotho.
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