The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has cancelled nearly $600 million in grants to foreign countries in another massive funding cut, including $10 million in “gender equity in the Mexican workplace.”
John Clark, a DOL official appointed by President Donald Trump, has directed the department's International Labor Bureau (ILAB) to make all 69s Ax. active Grant Program On Wednesday, due to “lack of alignment between agency priorities and national interests.” Email Retrieved by Washington Post.
The Government's Department of Efficiency (DOGE) has revealed $12.2 million and $6.25 million in “South American Worker Empowerment” to “improve respect for workers' rights in the agricultural supply chain” in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Other DOL-funded grants included $5 million for “sales raises for women's participation in the workplace” in West Africa, $4.3 million for “supporting foreign migrant workers” in Malaysia, $3 million for “strengthening social security access and workers' protections for internal migrant workers in Bangladesh,” and $3 million for “safety and comprehensive working environment” in Lesosos.
The Elon Musk-led division also praised Labor Secretary Lori Chavez Deremer and Deputy Chief of Keith Sonderling for securing $237 million in savings.
The latest funding slash comes just a week after Chavez Delemer made her first major round cut. cancel A project that includes a $1.5 million grant to enhance transparency and accountability in Uzbekistan's cotton industry.
That's what Chavez Deremar was I swear in as Secretary of Labor on March 11 after being confirmed by the US Senate in a bipartisan vote of 67-32.
