Author: Caitlin Hoover

22 Nov GLJ Summer 2025 Legal Interns

Job Description

Global Labor Justice (GLJ) is a strategy hub supporting transnational collaboration among worker and migrant organizations to expand labor rights and new forms of bargaining on global supply chains, capital markets, and international labor migration corridors.  Through transnational campaigns, organizations of low-wage workers are rewriting the governing rules of the economy, bargaining in new ways with the state and corporate and market actors, and sustaining powerful worker-led movements. Women and migrant workers play a crucial leadership role.

GLJ holds global corporations accountable for labor rights violations in their supply chains, advances policies and laws that protect decent work and just migration, and strengthens freedom of association, new forms of bargaining, and worker organizations. GLJ has a team of 20 staff based in our Washington DC office and worldwide who are committed to defending labor rights and building worker power in the global economy.   

Overall, GLJ’s Legal Department works to realize freedom of association, living wages, and decent work for all—centering women, migrants, and global South workers. The Department brings the capacity to expand and enforce labor rights in workplaces and at the policy level, as well as to defend against retaliation. The Department seeks not only to advance campaign strategies but also to reimagine what is possible. We push for transformative changes in law and policy that raise standards for workers and build worker power to realize and defend their rights. All of the Legal Department’s work is guided by our organizational values, including anti-racism, anti-colonialism, and gender justice, and a deep commitment to working in partnership with unions and worker organizations. We are a transnational movement of lawyers defending labor rights and building worker power in the global economy.  

GLJ is seeking legal interns to work with its legal department during the Summer of 2025. Legal work at GLJ supports worker-led campaigns to win power in the global economy. Current campaigns involve several sectors globally, including garment manufacturing, agriculture, fishing, and hospitality. Issues covered include freedom of association, living wages, racial and gender justice, and just migration. Our legal team works closely with our campaign staff, partner unions, and civil society organizations to build legal strategies that advance their organizing goals.

Roles and responsibilities

During Summer 2025, GLJ will host law interns currently JD students or enrolled in a joint JD program. 

Interns will work on ongoing GLJ campaigns and urgent case response as necessary, under the direct supervision of GLJ attorneys and campaign staff. Responsibilities include drafting factual and legal memoranda, research reports, and external communications (letters to targets, press releases, etc.). Past interns have worked on cases involving advocacy with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Labor Organization (ILO), UN Special Rapporteurs, and the US Government.

Interns will be provided opportunities to attend educational sessions on movement lawyering and ongoing work at the organization. 

Dates and location 

The 2025 internship program will be in person at our DC office from Monday, June 2, to Friday, August 8.

Compensation

GLJ will support interns to seek school funding for their fellowship and will work with interns who do not have access to outside funding to obtain academic credit for their work. Please note that GLJ participates in the Peggy Browning Fellowship (PBF) program, which offers paid fellowships.

Application

Applications for summer fellowships will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis through Friday, January 31, 2025. However, we strongly encourage students to apply as soon as possible rather than waiting until the deadline, as offers will be made on a rolling basis until the positions are filled.

Students who wish to apply to GLJ through the Peggy Browning Fellowship program should apply through the Peggy Browning Fellowship process once applications are open. 

Demonstrated knowledge of labor, employment, or human rights law and proficiency in language(s) other than English are beneficial. 

GLJ is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to equity. People of color, women, and LGBTQI candidates are encouraged to apply.

23 Oct Development Associate

Position

Development Associate

Organizational Background

Global Labor Justice (GLJ) brings strategic capacity to cross-sectoral work on global value chains, capital markets, and labor migration corridors. Our campaigns and projects hold global corporations accountable for labor rights violations in their supply chains, advance policies and laws that protect decent work and just migration, and strengthen freedom of association, new forms of bargaining, and worker organizations.

Responsibilities

The Development Associate is responsible for supporting the implementation of GLJ’s strategic fundraising program to support the organization’s vision, mission, and strategic priorities. The Development Associate position reports to the Development Manager and will have opportunities to work with the Chief Operating Officer. The Development Associate will provide administrative support to GLJ staff as necessary to support fundraising and development activities.

Core responsibilities include:

Fundraising

• Led drafting and mailing of donation materials, including solicitations, donation acknowledgment letters, thank you cards, and receipts, under the advisement of the Development Manager.
• Support collection of program updates necessary for fundraising activities, including giving requests, grant proposals and reports, and communications to existing and prospective funders.
• Submit and monitor matching gift donations.
• Provide writing and coordination support to the Development Manager on grant writing and grants management activities.
• Respond to phone, mail, and email inquiries about gift giving and coordinate with appropriate team members as necessary.
• Support Development Manager in developing and implementing fundraising projects and programs designed to increase the visibility of the organization and enhance giving, such as annual giving campaigns, organizational newsletter, gift-in-kind programs, and special events.
• Conduct prospect research, including on institutional and individual donors, to support execution of organization’s fundraising strategy and provide meeting briefs.
• Stay current with fundraising trends including, but not limited to, data management software, research methodologies, and stewardship best practices.
• Work with the Finance and Operations Department to ensure accurate recordkeeping.

Database Management

• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the organization’s donor CRM, including gift and membership entry, maintenance of mailing lists, etc. in conformance with GLJ systems and procedures.
• Coordinate with program staff and operations team to set up dedicated event pages, email blasts, and fundraising campaigns using organization’s donor CRM.
• Manage data requests for appeals, acquisition, newsletters, events, and other activities.
• Provide monthly financial updates, revenue benchmarks, and fundraising trends.
• Process donations and prepare acknowledgement letters in a timely manner.
• Produce donor reports, mailing lists, and other data requests as needed.
• Update and maintain organization’s donor CRM use guidelines.

Administrative

• Support stewardship of donor relationships, including tracking and coordinating communications, with individual and institutional donors.
• Support development, regular maintenance, and execution of quarterly development calendar to ensure accurate tracking of relevant proposals and reporting deadlines to facilitate work planning.
• Coordinate, attend, and keep an organized record of development team meetings.
• Receive and add all mail donations into the organization’s CRM.
• Maintain original documentation files for all donations.
• Maintain an orderly departmental filing system.
• Provide support, as needed, to development contractors/vendors.
• Support the monthly reconciliation process with the Finance Department.
• Other administrative tasks to support the work of the Development Team, as necessary.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a commitment to supporting an equitable global economy through defending worker rights and building worker power and will bring many of the following qualifications:

• Strong attention to detail with a high level of integrity and organizational capacity to manage multiple projects.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both written and oral.
• Demonstrable skills in writing for both technical and general audiences.
• Comfortable working under multiple rigid deadlines.
• Self-motivated and self -starter, with proven ability to take ownership, initiative, and accountability.
• Ability to manage competing priorities often across functional and operational lines.
• Experience providing efficient, timely, and reliable support to internal and external stakeholders.
• Working proficiency with a wide range of organizational technology such as Microsoft Suite, Slack, GSuite, Airtable, TrueGivers, and CRM systems, particularly NeonCRM.
• Sense of humor to maintain perspective and balance.
• Bilingual, bi-cultural experience is a plus.
• Experience working at a union or grassroots organization is a plus.
• Knowledge of the funding space for advancing worker rights globally is a plus.
• Experience working in a remote or hybrid office environment at a global organization is a plus.

Job status: Full-time, exempt, member of IFPTE Local 70 Bargaining Unit.

Supervisor: Development Manager

Location: Preference for Washington, D.C.; remote positions considered.

Salary Range: $65,000-$75,000 USD salary for U.S. employees depending on qualifications and experience.  GLJ offers excellent benefits including full healthcare coverage for employees and immediate family members.

GLJ is an equal opportunity employer and actively recruits women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and persons with diverse gender and sexual identities. This description does not constitute an employment contract, implied or otherwise.

GLJ is an equal opportunity employer and actively recruits women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and persons with diverse gender and sexual identities. This description does not constitute an employment contract, implied or otherwise.

20 Sep “Nike owes us better”

27 Jun Position:  Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney

Position:  Staff Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney (based on years of experience)

Organizational Background

Global Labor Justice brings strategic capacity to cross sectoral work on global value chains and labor migration corridors.  GLJ holds global corporations accountable for labor rights violations in their supply chains; advances policies and laws that protect decent work and just migration; and strengthens freedom of association, new forms of bargaining, and worker organizations. 

GLJ has a team of 20 staff people based in our Washington DC office and around the world committed to defending labor rights and building worker power in the global economy.  

Position Summary

The Staff Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney position will be responsible for developing and advancing innovative legal and policy theories in the areas of labor, corporate and investor accountability, gender justice, and labor migration systems in U.S. and international fora, and for innovating and supporting related movement, campaign, and policy advocacy efforts. The position will focus on (i) global supply chain strategies responding to labor abuses including forced labor and (ii) bringing the experience of low-wage women workers to expand C190’s definitions and concepts into efforts to regulate trade, corporate accountability, and supply chains. The Staff Attorney reports to the Legal Director and is also part of the legal department.

Overall, GLJ’s Legal Department works to realize freedom of association, living wages and decent work for all  — centering women, migrants, and global South workers. The Department brings capacity to expand and enforce labor rights in workplaces and at the policy level, as well as to defend against retaliation. The Department seeks not only to advance campaign strategies but also reimagine what is possible. We push for transformative changes in law and policy that raise standards for workers and build worker power to realize and defend their rights. All of the Legal Department’s work is guided by our organizational values, including anti-racism, anti-colonialism, and gender justice; and deep commitment to working in partnership with unions and worker organizations. We are transnational movement lawyers defending labor rights and building worker power in the global economy. 

At the organizational level the Legal Department is responsible for:  

• Creating a space for organizational learning, coordination, and professional development;
• Identifying cross cutting issues and sharing related strategies across campaigns;
• Deepening strategic partnerships;
• Staying current on new legal and policy developments and trends;
• Identifying opportunities and risks for our campaigns and partners as well as strategies to leverage or defend against them;
• Document review to ensure legality, preserve rights and mitigate risk; 
• Identifying libel risks and coordinating outside review if necessary;
• Coordinating the summer and term law clerk program; and
• Building and sharing transnational movement lawyering theory and practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and litigate innovative legal theories on corporate accountability in U.S. and international fora.
• Work in collaboration with team members and partner organizations to assist in the development of creative and effective legal and advocacy strategies, including public campaigns and communications.
• Manage cases and develop legal resources to support campaigns and strategic objectives.
• Prepare legal memorandums, court briefs, and filings for U.S. and other legal systems.
• Support policy advocacy with the U.S. Government and international fora.
• Represent the organization in networks and gatherings that require legal expertise, and serve as spokesperson for cases and issues covered by the position.
• Collaborate amongst colleagues in various program areas to develop strategies for advancing the organization’s positions.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is committed to developing new legal theories and litigation approaches rooted in the labor history and responding to the current needs for corporate accountability in the global economy, and should have the following qualifications:

• 3 – 10 years of experience developing and leading advocacy, policy, and/or litigation strategies in relevant areas including labor, trade, corporate accountability, human rights or related fields;
•  Knowledge and experience ILO and UN complaint mechanisms related to labor, migration, and corporate accountability;
• Research experience related to corporate finance, global supply chains with a law and political economy lens;
• Experience with organizational representation of unions, community groups and/or movement partners;
• Experience with program management including maintaining budgets and reporting
• A strong and complex political and social analysis and experience putting analysis into strategic action;
• Well organized and strong attention to detail;
• Excellent communications skills, including listening, writing, editing, and speaking to different stakeholders;
• Sense of humor in order to maintain perspective and balance;
• Bilingual/ Bicultural;
• Able to travel in the U.S. and globally to build the program and organization;
• A recent U.S. law degree and either admission to the bar of a U.S. state or an application in process.

Job status:      U.S. employees in this position are full-time, exempt, members of IFPTE Local 70

Bargaining Unit

Supervisor:     Deputy Legal Director

Location:         Preference for Washington, D.C.; Remote positions considered. 

Salary Range:  Staff attorney salary range is $80,000-90,000 USD for U.S. employees based on years of experience and includes excellent benefits, including full healthcare coverage for employees and family members. Senior staff attorney candidates will be considered at an adjusted salary rate based on experience.

GLJ is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to equity. People of color, women, and LGBTQ+ candidates are encouraged to apply.