Judge Denies Workers Rights Groups’ Bid to Restore Labor Grants

A federal judge allowed the Trump administration to move forward with canceling millions of US Department of Labor grants meant to address child and forced labor in foreign supply chains.

A trio of worker rights and international development organizations that previously received the grant funding from the DOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs failed to provide enough evidence to convince Judge Beryl A. Howell for the US District Court of the District of Columbia to quickly rule on the matter.

“Given the uncertainty on the current record about whether defendants terminated all ILAB cooperative agreements to defy compliance with congressional ...