Who are M-POWER Partners?

The initiative convenes a range of partners to coordinate efforts, review progress on commitments and drive action.

M-POWER’s current Steering Committee co-chairs are the government of the United States and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

The governments of Argentina, Canada, and Spain; the International Domestic Worker Federation; the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU); the AFL-CIO (the U.S. confederation of trade unions); and the Funders Organized for Rights in the Global Economy (FORGE) foundations comprise M-POWER's rotating steering committee. Allied governments, philanthropic institutions, civil society organizations and academic entities committed to workers’ freedom of association and rights continue to build the initiative.

Government Partners

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Canada
• Colombia
• France
• Germany
• South Africa
• Spain
• United States

Union Partners

• American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
• Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia – Central Union of Workers of Colombia (CUT)
• Confederación General de Trabajadores / General Confederation of Workers of Argentina (CGT-Argentina)
• Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras / Union Confederation of Workers Commissions (CC.OO Spain)
• Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia / General Confederation of Workers of Colombia (CTC)
• Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
• Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund / German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
• International Domestic Worker Federation (IDWF)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Labor support organization partners

• American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center)
• Global Labor Justice (GLJ)
• Worker Rights Consortium (WRC)
• Proyecto de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales / Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Project (ProDESC)

Foundation partners

Funders Organized for Rights in the Global Economy – FORGE (Ford Foundation, Humanity United, Fundación Avina, Laudes Foundation, Sage Fund, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, True Costs Initiative, Wallace Global Fund, Open Society Foundation, The Freedom Fund)