AAFA Urges Senators to Keep International Labor Grant Funding
Congress should preserve the Labor Department’s grant funding for the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) “Better Work” program in supplemental fiscal year 2017 and full-year fiscal year 2018 spending legislation, as Haiti HOPE II duty-free treatment for apparel imports is contingent…
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on the program, the American Apparel and Footwear Association told Senate appropriators. In a letter (here) to Senate Appropriations Labor Subcommittee Chairman Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash., AAFA noted that Section 15403 of the trade preferences legislation requires implementation of an ILO “Better Work” program in the Haitian apparel industry for duty-free import access to take place. President Donald Trump’s FY 2018 budget blueprint proposed to nix grants including those provided for “Better Work” through Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (see 1703160022). “ILAB grants and guidance make ILO Better Work work to improve the lives of workers in Better Work countries, assist in the economic development of our poorest neighbors and strategic allies, and level the playing field for American companies and American workers,” AAFA wrote. The Senate Appropriations Committee didn’t comment.