• Objectives, Obligations and Principles
• Full Text of the Agreement
• ECEs and Arbitral Panels
• Four Year Review
• Introduction: Process for the Review
• Part One: Conclusions of the Council
• Part Two: Highlights of Consultation Process
• Part Three: Overview of Operations
• Annex 1: Report of the Independent Advisory Committee on the Operation and Effectiveness of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation
• Annex 2: Report of the Mexican National Advisory Committee on the First Four Years of the Operation of the NAALC
• Annex 3: Report of the United States National Advisory Committee Reviewing the First Four Years of the Operation of the NAALC
• Annex 4: Mexican Survey
• Annex 5: Public Comments
• Annex 6: Bibliography
• ILO Conventions Ratified by NAALC Countries

Review of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation 1994-1997

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: PROCESS FOR THE REVIEW

PART ONE: CONCLUSIONS OF THE COUNCIL

1. Future Reviews of the NAALC
2. Cooperative Consultations and Evaluations
3. International Cooperation

1. Participants in the Consultation Process

   National Advisory Committees
   Governmental Committees
   Review Committee of Experts
   Public Comments
   Survey of Literature

    

2. Summary of Themes

   Introduction

   1. NAO Processes for Responding to Public Communications
   2. NAALC Processes for Evaluations and Dispute Resolution
   3. The Restriction of ECEs and Dispute Resolution to Certain Areas of Labor Law
   4. Reliance on Domestic Law versus International Standards
   5. Private Rights and Individual Remedies
   6. The NAALC as a Framework for International Cooperation
   Concluding Comments

    

3. Recommendations of Advisory Bodies

   Review Committees of Experts
   Mexican National Advisory Committee Report
   U.S. National Advisory Committee Report

1. Parts One and Two of the NAALC: Objectives, Obligations and Principles
   1. NAALC Objectives
   2. NAALC Obligations
   3. NAALC Principles

    

2. Part Three of the NAALC: Commission for Labor Cooperation

   Institutions
   Cooperative Activities of the NAOs
   Secretariat Activities

    

3. Part Four of the NAALC: Cooperative Consultations and Evaluations

   Public Communications

1. REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2. REPORT OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
3. REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
4. MEXICAN SURVEY
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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