Cooperative activities among the NAOs are focused on labor issues that are
viewed as meriting particular concern by all three countries and on those
issues raised in the submissions. The intended goals of the activities are to
provide specific technical training and expertise, to create mediums for
exchange of best practices and information that will facilitate better
understanding of each country's labor laws, policies and practices, and to
promote awareness of current labor issues in the three countries.
Article 11 of the NAALC calls for the promotion of cooperative activities
between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as appropriate, regarding:
- occupational safety and health;
- child labor;
- migrant workers of the Parties;
- human resources development;
- labor statistics;
- work benefits;
- social programs for workers and their families;
- programs, methodologies and experiences regarding productivity
improvements;
- labor-management relations and collective bargaining procedures;
- employment standards and their implementation;
- compensation for work-related injury or illness;
- legislation relating to the formation and operation of unions, collective
bargaining and the resolution of labor disputes, and its implementation;
- the equality of women and men in the workplace;
- forms of cooperation among workers, management and government;
- the provision of technical assistance, at the request of a Party, for the
development of its labor standards; and
- such other matters as the Parties may agree.
Summary of NAO Cooperative Activities, 1994-2005
Current cooperative activities being carried out by the US in
cooperation with Mexico and Canada