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ARRANGEMENT ESTABLISHING AN
ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, OMAHA AREA OFFICE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION OMAHA AREA OFFICE THE NEBRASKA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COURT NEBRASKA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONSULATE OF MEXICO IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA |
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The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Omaha Area Office, the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Omaha Area Office, the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court (NWCC), Nebraska Workforce Development (NWD), and the Consulate of Mexico in Omaha, Nebraska (the Consulate), hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Parties”, RECOGNIZING the joint commitment to workplace safety and health protections acknowledged in the Letter of Agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States and OSHA concerning Workplace Safety and Health Protections Applicable to Mexican Workers in the United States, signed at Washington, D.C., the 21st of July of 2004; and RECOGNIZING that OSHA’s Alliance Program provides for the establishment of cooperative relationships for purposes such as training and education, outreach and communication and promoting a national dialogue on workplace safety and health; Intend to achieve the following:
The Parties intend, through this Arrangement, to establish a collaborative relationship to provide information, guidance, and access to training resources in an effort to help Mexican citizens working in Nebraska to protect their working conditions and labor rights, including their health and safety.
To achieve the objective of this Arrangement, the Parties intend to work together in the following areas of mutual interest:
In order to fulfill the objective of this Arrangement, the Consulate intends to attempt to act as a formal communication channel between Mexican citizens who work in Nebraska and the United States authorities, to report allegations of wage, hour violations, unsafe working conditions and request inspections.
An implementation team made up of representatives from all organizations intends to meet to develop a plan of action, determine working procedures, and identify the roles and responsibilities of the participants. In addition, the Parties intend to meet at least four times per year to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance.
This Arrangement is to remain in effect for two years from the date of signing. This Arrangement may be modified in writing by mutual consent of the Parties, specifying the effective date of any modifications. Any of the signatory Parties may, at any time, terminate this Arrangement by written notification to the others, with thirty (30) notice. Signed at Omaha, NE., in quintuplicate on the 13th day of January of the year two thousand and six, in the Spanish and English languages, being all texts equally authentic.
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