Sustainable & Responsible Investing

CDM, a public interest law firm located in Zacatecas, central Mexico, will address workplace injustice by recognizing the transnational nature of the low-wage workforce and bridging the transnational gap between workers and advocates by allowing greater access by Mexico-based migrant workers to US advocates. Mexico-based migrants face many obstacles to obtaining justice. Creating a transnational workers’ rights law firm based in Zacatecas, central Mexico will remove the premium on exploiting these vulnerable workers by addressing the factors that prevent them from asserting their rights and achieving justice. The unwillingness of workers to speak openly about workplace conditions while they are in the US because of employer control or immigration status, combined with the costs and logistics of representing migrants, has made the current system inadequate to serve transnational workers.



Once workers return to Mexico, it is almost impossible for them to seek redress. CDM will remove the border as a barrier to justice for Mexico-based migrant workers who have experienced problems with their employment in the US by conducting outreach efforts in Mexico, where workers are more accessible and speak openly about work conditions; facilitating international cooperation around legal issues; serving as an access point to US advocates; and providing support for programs that cannot otherwise afford to represent these workers because of the costs of conducting discovery in Mexico.