Since its launch, over 430K workers have used Contratados.org—CDM’s award-winning, crowdsourced ‘Yelp for migrant workers’—to denounce exploitation, know their rights and access relevant news.
Migrant Women’s Project
CDM’s Migrant Women’s Project (ProMuMi) empowers migrant women to combat abuse and discrimination. Through ProMuMi, migrant women have successfully advocated for protections that have significantly improved recruitment and working conditions for migrant women, particularly for women working in the Maryland crab industry under H-2B visas. Learn more.
Litigation Support
CDM represents migrant workers in strategic, high-impact litigation and has won legal victories establishing important precedents to protect low-wage workers’ rights to safe working conditions and fair wages. Learn more.
Forums
Shaping Policy Conversations Across Borders
Global
United Nations
- Global Compact for Migration
- UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health – OHCHR
- Commission on the Status of Women
Global Forum on Migration and Development
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Government
U.S. Congress
Mexican Senate
Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS)
United States Trade Representative
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Department of Labor
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
State government
- Maryland Congress
- California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement
Courts
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Press Coverage
