Strengthening Workers’ Rights in Malaysia’s Electronic Supply Chain

Description

1) Objective

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $3,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in Malaysia to support workers and worker organizations as they advocate for improved occupational safety and health standards, including gender-responsive standards, and integration of effective programs to prevent and address gender-based violence and harassment in the electronics sector through worker organizing and collective bargaining. In order to achieve the project objective, applicants must propose strategies to achieve the following outcomes:

• 1. Increased union participation/integration of new union members, in particular women members, as a result of new worker organizing campaigns.
• 2. Improved skills of worker organizations to advocate for improvements in occupational safety and health standards, including gender-responsive occupational safety and health standards, and eradication of gender-based violence and harassment in target workplaces and communities.
• 3. Increased engagement by workers and worker organizations with government officials and employers to negotiate, address, resolve, and prevent occupational safety and health and gender-based violence and harassment abuses in the workplace through collective bargaining.

2) Eligibility

Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully strengthening workers’ rights in the electronic supply chain sector in Malaysia is eligible to apply.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Malaysia. 

4) Budget

The total funding available for one award is $3,000,000.

5) Application

Project proposals must be submitted by 30 September 2024.