Labor grants for foreign countries may be going to the wrong organizations, audit finds

Grants worth millions of dollars meant to protect workers in other countries may be being mismanaged, a new Government Accountability Office report shows.

The Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs last year awarded nearly $70 million in grants to non-governmental organizations and nonprofits working in foreign countries, including Cambodia, Ecuador, Peru and Thailand. In one recently announced program this year, ILAB is offering a competitive $7 million grant to combat child labor and improve working conditions in Honduras.