2008 In Focus Archive: April 25, 2008

Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Participates in the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation Conference

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao recently met with her fellow members of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) Council of Ministers to discuss priorities for the NAALC and the American workforce.

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Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao meets with her Mexican and Canadian counterparts in Ottawa, Canada where the three NAFTA trading partners reaffirmed their commitment to the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) as an important tool for protecting basic worker rights. The NAALC is the first agreement to link labor rights and standards to an international trade agreement highlighting cooperation on labor matters, the promotion of eleven principles in three key areas of labor law (industrial relations, occupational health and safety, and employment standards) and the effective enforcement of domestic labor law in the three NAFTA countries.

Pictured left to right: Mexico's Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare Javier Lozano Alarcon, Canada's Minister of Labour Jean-Pierre Blackburn, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. (Photo credit/CP Images)