" Secretary Walsh announces major global initiative to empower workers, ensure rights, promote democracy," 7 Dec. 2021

... U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh ... announced the Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment and Rights [M-POWER] initiative – the largest commitment by the U.S. government to advance worker empowerment and support trade union rights in the global economy.

... The M-POWER initiative brings together governments, worker organizations and labor stakeholders to:

• Strengthen free and independent trade unions.
• Support labor law reform and enforcement.
• Promote worker organizing and innovative use of collective bargaining.
• Extend labor law coverage to protect workers employed in low-wage jobs and sectors often excluded from labor law protection, particularly in the informal economy.

... “For democracies to thrive globally, the international community must defend and support the fundamental rights of workers, including freedom of association and collective bargaining,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. “The Biden-Harris administration is employing the collective strength of the U.S. government to safeguard democracy and workers’ rights throughout the world through this historic partnership.”