US EditionBiden, Brazil's Lula to launch initiative focused on workers' rights
- U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will launch the U.S.-Brazil Partnership for Workers' Rights to advance the rights of working people, focusing on issues like child labor, discrimination, and the gig economy.
- The initiative aims to engage private-sector partners in innovative approaches to create decent jobs and combat workplace discrimination. It will be bilateral to start but will invite other countries and organizations to join. Biden and Lula plan to address these issues at multilateral forums like the Group of 20 and global climate events.
- Biden and Lula seek areas of common ground despite recent differences and will discuss labor, the environment, and potentially the humanitarian crisis in Haiti. The U.S. committed $50 million to the initiative, with Biden proposing an additional $500 million from Congress.
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Biden Meets Brazil's Lula to Tout Workers' Rights
President Joe Biden met with his Brazilian counterpart on Wednesday and launched a joint effort to improve work conditions — one of the few key areas of agreement between the two leaders, whose views on Russia and China do not align. Both presidents stressed their convergence in remarks on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, as they launched the global workers' rights initiative. "The two largest democracies in the Western He…
Biden, Brazil's Lula launch partnership to advance workers' rights
President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva have launched the Partnership for Workers' Rights, the first joint U.S.-Brazil global initiative to advance workers' rights around the world.
A former metalworker turned statesman, the Brazilian Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the most pro-union president in the history of the United States, Democrat Joe Biden, joined forces this Wednesday in defense of workers. Both have presented in New York, on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly, an initiative called the Association for Workers' Rights. Lula, leader of the Workers' Party (PT), knows a lot about this, but Biden is not lagg…
Biden and Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva focus on workers' rights, play down differences
President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, focused on workers' rights as the leaders of the Western Hemisphere's largest democracies met Wednesday in New York.
President Biden meets with Brazilian president, expected to launch the Partnership for Workers’ Rights
President Joe Biden’s busy agenda for his time at the annual U.N. General Assembly this week includes meetings with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Biden is set to meet with the Brazilian president on Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. and the two are expected to launch the “Partnership for Workers’ Rights.”(Click the video player above to watch live)In addition to Biden and leftist Brazilian presi…
Biden and Brazil’s Lula are meeting in New York to discuss labor and climate issues
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Wednesday in New York as the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s largest democracies seek areas of common ground despite some recent differences on Russia’s war in Ukraine and other matters. The two are expected to discuss labor and the environment. And senior U.S. administration officials who previewed the meeting said the two nations are roll…
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