Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
Global Labor Justice is a US nonprofit, founded in 1986, that supports workers and unions around the world in exercising their right to freedom of association.
EU Legislative Interests
Effective implementation of the Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937. Our organization, as part of the Cotton Campaign coalition, advocates with the EU Commission for effective implementation of this regulation, in particular in contexts of state-imposed forced labor, such as in the case of cotton production in Turkmenistan.
Communication Activities
Please find below examples of statements and articles that reflect our work to advocate with the EU Commission to ensure the Forced Labour Regulation adequately addresses state-imposed forced labor: - Conducting Human Rights Due Diligence In Relation To State Imposed Forced Labour: Implications For The Upcoming EU Regulation On Forced Labour (November 2025), https://www.cottoncampaign.org/news/conducting-human-rights-due-diligence-in-relation-to-state-imposed-forced-labour-implications-for-the-upcoming-eu-regulation-on-forced-labour - First EU-Central Asia Summit: EU Should Center Workers In Its Engagement With Uzbekistan And Turkmenistan (April 2025), https://www.cottoncampaign.org/news/first-eu-central-asia-summit-eu-should-center-workers-in-its-engagement-with-uzbekistan-and-turkmenistan - Banning Products Made With State-Imposed Forced Labor From Entering The European Union (November 2023), https://www.cottoncampaign.org/news/w7r9okchto9ewyup2kb5jpokwcs13f-5gfcb - Cotton Campaign Letter to the European Commission Calling for an Import Ban Against Forced Labor Turkmen Cotton (December 2021), https://www.cottoncampaign.org/news/cotton-campaign-letter-to-the-european-commission-calling-for-an-import-ban-against-forced-labor-turkmen-cotton-press-release-amp-pdf-cd8a3 In the week May 11 - 13, 2026, a representative of Global Labor Justice, in her role as the coordinator of the Cotton Campaign coalition, will be engaging in advocacy meetings with EU stakeholders, including the EU Commission, Permanent Representatives, Members of the European Parliament, and the European External Action Service, to raise awareness about forced labor in the production of cotton in Turkmenistan.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Cotton Campaign: https://www.cottoncampaign.org/
Organisation Members
https://www.cottoncampaign.org/about/#coalitionmembers Cotton Coalition Members: Advocates for Public Interest Law Alternative Turkmenistan News American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers American Apparel & Footwear Association Anti-Slavery International Be Slavery Free Boston Common Asset Management Calvert Investments Environmental Justice Foundation European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights Freedom United Human Rights Watch Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center INKOTA-netzwerk e.V. International Crisis Group International Labor Rights Forum International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) International State Crime Initiative Mercy Investments Services National Consumers League National Retail Federation Progres Foundation Public Services International Responsible Sourcing Network Retail Council of Canada Retail Leaders Industry Association Save the Children’s work in Central Asia Solidarity Center Tashabbus The Child Labor Coalition Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victoria & Tasmania Justice & International Mission U.S. Fashion Industry Association Uzbek Forum for Human Rights