VOA常速英语:Promoting International Labor Rights(翻译)

The promotion of labor rights is an integral part of United States foreign policy.U.S. Special Representative for International Labor Affairs Sarah Fox says supporting fundamental worker rights, such as freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining,are an important part of U.S. economic diplomacy:
促进劳工权利是美国对外政策的一个主要部分。美国国际劳工事务特派代表莎拉·福克斯称支持基本劳工权利，例如结社自由和集体谈判权等，是美国经济外交的重要部分。

“Labor Rights are human rights, but they’re also economic rights. And workers being able to exercise these rights is very important to building economies in which prosperity and the benefits of growth are broadly shared.This in turn contributes to stability, to democracy and to building the kinds of prosperous, peaceful societies in which everyone feels that they are part of the economy, that they have opportunity,which is what we promote over all. So it fits very well into many threads of our foreign policy agenda.”
“劳工权利是基本人权，但它们同时也是经济权利。能够行使这些权利的工人对经济建设十分重要，而经济的繁荣与增长效益都是广泛共享的。这种情况转而又能促进稳定和民主的实现，推动建立繁荣且和平的社会，在这种社会中，人人都能感觉到自己是这个经济体的一部分，他们能获得机会，这些才是我们所要努力促进的。因此，促进劳工权利与对外政策议程当中的许多线索十分契合。”

Special Representative Fox and her team at the U.S. State Department have worked closely with foreign governments and stakeholders to address worker rights in countries such as Bangladesh, where the Rana Plaza clothing factory collapse killed 1,137 people in 2013:
特派代表福克斯和其在美国国务院的团队与各国政府及参与人展开了紧密合作，希望共同解决各国劳工权利问题，其中就包括孟加拉国，2013年拉纳广场大楼成衣工厂曾发生倒塌事故，共造成1137人死亡：

“We came together -- the U.S. government with the European Union,with Canada, with the International Labor Organization, and with the government of Bangladesh on what we call the Sustainability Compact to help improve labor rights and worker safety and health in that sector.So that’s been a big focus on our work.”
“我们团结一致——美国政府和欧盟，和加拿大，和国际劳工组织，和孟加拉国政府一道，严格遵守我们所谓的《可持续发展契约》，帮助改善服装业劳工权利以及工人安全与健康。因此，劳工权利问题一直都是我们工作的重中之重。”

Members of the Sustainability Compact work with private sector stakeholders and the United Nations to fulfill short and long term commitments related to respect for labor rights;structural integrity of buildings; occupational safety and health; and responsible business conduct. On-the-ground work has included safety inspections in some 4000 factories. The group has also worked with the United Nations International Labor Organizationand with the Bangladeshi government on reforming labor laws, developing mechanisms to facilitate union registration, and on investigation and prevention of unfair labor practices.
《可持续发展契约》成员与私营部门的参与人及联合国共同努力，履行各种短期或长期的承诺，这些承诺主要与以下几个方面相关：尊重劳工权利、建筑结构完整性、职业安全与健康以及负责任的商业行为。实地工作当中包括对大约4000家工厂进行安全检查。该小组还与联合国国际劳工组织和孟加拉国政府合作修订劳动法；建立多种机制，促进工会进行登记；以及调查和防止不公正的生产实习。

The United States will continue to engage Bangladesh and other governments to improve worker rights around the world.
美国将继续与孟加拉国和其他政府一道，努力改善全球劳工权利。