CRLA team: Jose Arroyo, Ewa Staworzynska, Gabrielle Girard
USCIB represents members in global policy negotiations on human rights, labor and employment, responsible business conduct (RBC), socio-economic sustainability, and social policies. USCIB serves as the sole, official US Employer Representative to the International Labour Organization (ILO), where we represent and defend US business interests in negotiations of international labor standards.
USCIB engages largely in negotiations of legally binding standards that will ultimately shape national legislation, ensuring they reflect our members’ priorities and promote an enabling environment for US business to thrive.
What’s at Stake for US Business
- USCIB negotiates with governments to shape human rights and labor standards at the ILO, OECD, and other international fora. Our active participation in these negotiations helps ensure that emerging standards reflect business realities and promote the global success of US business.
- Businesses with supply chains are facing changing RBC and sustainability expectations across jurisdictions. Amid these changes, USCIB ensures that deliberations at the global level remain implementable and aligned with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
- USCIB works to preserve respect for the diversity of labor relations frameworks that exist globally, championing flexibility for both businesses and workers.
USCIB Actions
- UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights: We are the sole representative of US business in the treaty negotiations, a process that could have significant implications for companies with global operations.
- ILO Standard on the Platform Economy: The ILO will adopt an international labor standard on platform work in June 2026. We are advocating for an instrument that uplifts the platform economy and preserves independent work.
- ILO Standard on Chemical Hazards: We will represent companies in a forthcoming labor standard on chemical hazards, which may change companies’ occupational safety and health obligations.
- Reasonable implementation of the OECD Multinational Enterprise (MNE) Guidelines: In addition to representing US business whenever the MNE Guidelines are renegotiated, we always work to ensure that all follow-up documents, namely OECD guidance documents – often cited in national law – are conducive to business growth.
- Ensuring evidence-based discussion on AI’s labor market impact: We participate in thought leadership across the OECD and ILO to ensure that policymaking on AI and labor—including its macro-level impact on the labor market and its micro-level impact on individual workers and managers—is data-driven and evidence-based.
Ewa Staworzynska participating in the BHR
Jose Arroyo at the OECD in Paris
Co-Chairs
Ryan Larsen
Group Director, International Labor Relations
Walmart
Melissa J. Kopolow
Associate Partner, Sustainability Practice
Albright Stonebridge Group
Vice Chairs
Kate Gilbert
Manager and Sr. Principal, Socioeconomic & Human Rights
Global Operations & Sustainability, ExxonMobil
Stefan Marculewicz
Shareholder and Co-Chair
Business and Human Rights Practice Group
Littler Mendelson
Staff
Ewa Staworzynska
Director, Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs
estaworzynska@uscib.org
Jose Arroyo
Manager, Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs
jarroyo@uscib.org
Gabrielle Girard
Manager, Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs
ggirard@uscib.org
Tom Mackall
Senior Counsel and ILO Governing Body Member
tmackall@uscib.org