Mark A. Mittelhauser, associate deputy undersecretary for international affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor: “President Biden joined with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sept. 20 to launch the Partnership for Workers’ Rights, the first joint U.S.-Brazil global initiative to advance the rights of working people around the world. With this initiative, the United States intends to strengthen and expand our bilateral cooperation with Brazil while addressing urgent global challenges in the world of work. The partnership will prioritize safeguarding workers’ rights in digital and clean energy transitions, combating workplace exploitation and discrimination, and promoting investment that drives good jobs. We intend for the partnership to catalyze new and innovative coalitions, and we are enlisting like-minded countries, trade unions, employers and the International Labor Organization in this effort. This initiative will build on existing bilateral cooperation on labor and…”