Today, 59 leading human rights scholars across Mexico, the United States and Canada filed a supplement under the US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) demanding that the US government end discrimination in its temporary guestworker visa programs. The supplement supports the first petition against the U.S. government under the agreement, in which migrant workers Maritza Pérez and…
Please join us in welcoming Liliana Giffen to CDM’s Board of Directors! For more than 15 years Liliana has worked with international organizations furthering their missions to advance social change. To CDM, she brings an exciting combination of experience, skills, and energy relevant to our work. Currently, Liliana is the Director of Communications at Humanity…
This Workers’ Memorial Day, in honor of workers who have been killed or injured on the job, we’re announcing CDM’s Protein Processing Worker Project. Through a cooperative agreement with the CDC, this project seeks to prevent infectious diseases among workers in protein (seafood, meat and poultry) processing industries in the Delmarva region. As part of…
We are excited to announce that CDM has been named the inaugural recipient of the Law & Social Policy Legacy Award from Economic Opportunity Funders (EOF)! Established in 2020 to increase awareness of organizations working to advance law and social policy for low-wage workers’ rights, this award recognizes our “strong record of achieving justice for…
We have big news. This morning, migrant worker women submitted the first-ever petition against the U.S. under the USMCA. The petition was signed by a binational coalition of dozens of allies led by CDM. Together, we’re arguing that the United States government failed to live up to its obligations under the trade agreement by allowing…
This International Women’s Day, we’re thinking about the women who are advancing gender equity across borders in different ways: organizing others in their workplace to demand equitable working conditions, taking legal action to hold their employers accountable for discrimination, and advocating for policies that reflect their voices. Migrant worker women are fighting for an alternative…
On Monday, Presidents Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) held their first official meeting to discuss priorities for U.S.-Mexico cooperation, including labor migration. Prior to the meeting, AMLO said he would propose a labor migration program resembling the Bracero program, established in 1942 to address labor shortages in the U.S. due to World…
Maribel and Reyna, two crawfish workers, were fired by their employer for seeking medical treatment after they became infected with COVID-19 at their workplace in Louisiana. With CDM’s support, they filed a whistleblower complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) arguing that their employer retaliated against them…
Today, on the last day of a very challenging year, I’m thinking about the times to come when we’ll be together again. That’s why I’m thrilled to announce a new and exciting project: advancing migrant justice around the United 2026 FIFA World Cup! Hosted in cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico, this World…
Migrant workers have spent much of 2020 sustaining the world’s food supply chain. In the midst of outbreaks, business and border closures and stay-at-home orders, workers have continued to be recruited abroad to perform essential jobs — picking strawberries in California and oranges in Florida and processing crab in Maryland and crawfish in Louisiana. Although…