In an attempt to address some of the issues that have arisen with the increase in gig work and work through digital platforms, the governments of the U.S. and Brazil have formed a strategic partnership called the Partnership for Workers’ Rights.
The initiative promises to “champion an agenda for fairness and sustainability in the global economy, and ensure that economic growth leaves no one behind,” as well as focus on increasing workers’ awareness of their rights, ensuring a clean energy transition that provides good jobs and protecting labor rights in the gig economy. Brazil and the U.S. agreed to work collaboratively with other governments, the International Labor Organization, and union and employer partners to advance these goals around the world.
A key priority for Brazil is determining how to create minimum standards and provide basic rights for workers in the digital economy, said Diego Bonomo, senior advisor at Covington in London.
There are two potential ways to turn the initiative into concrete action. The first would be to negotiate international agreements to make the goals of the initiative binding. However, this way is more challenging, because it would involve a lengthy multilateral negotiation process and likely go through the International Labor Organization.
The second, and more feasible, way is to pass domestic legislation in the U.S. and Brazil that addresses the goals of the partnership. This process has already started in Brazil....
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