Labor Relations Law in North America

This is the first volume of a set of comparative guides to labor law in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. These guides will describe how each member country of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) addresses the six Obligations of the NAALC with respect to each of the eleven Labor Principles that the Agreement commits its signatories to promote. They provide a concise description, for each member country, of the particular laws, practices, and administrative procedures which relate to each NAALC obligation. In so doing, their aim is to promote greater understanding of the legal systems of each country by providing an accurate picture of how each works and by facilitating comparisons between them.

This guide covers basic labor and industrial relations: union organizing, collective bargaining, and the right to strike as set out in Labor Principles 1, 2 and 3 of the NAALC. Subsequent volumes will cover what the NAALC defines as "technical labor standards," contained in Labor Principles 4 to 11. These comparative labor law guides are intended to serve both the specialized interests of labor law practitioners and the general interests of nonpractitioners concerned with the social dimension of expanding trade relations under the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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