Deputy Under Secretary Ponticelli
Visits the Dominican Republic
Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs Charlotte M. Ponticelli was the guest of honor and keynote speaker at the project launch ceremony of the new USDOL-funded project "Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in the Dominican Republic: Phase II" on January 15th. The event was held in Santo Domingo. The project aims to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, especially in informal urban work and in tourist and beach areas of the Dominican Republic.
Deputy Under Secretary Ponticelli met with U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic P. Robert Fannin and that country's Secretary of Labor José Fadul.
On January 15th and 16th, Deputy Under Secretary Ponticelli visited project sites. More...
Highlights
Executive Order 13126 — In accordance with Executive Order 13126 and GSA Federal Acquisition Regulations, ILAB
maintains a list of products that are
believed to have been made using forced or indentured child labor.
Labor Department Reports for the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement — Per the Trade Act of 2002 [sections 2102(c)(5), 2102(c)(8) and 2102(c)(9)] and subsequent delegations of responsibilities that it creates, ILAB prepares for Congress three reports for every country with which the United States intends to establish a free trade agreement: a U.S. employment impact report, a report on the labor rights situation in our proposed partner country, and a report on laws governing exploitative child labor in the partner. ILAB reports for the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement are now available.
December 27, 2007 — Final Procedural Guidelines for the Development and Maintenance of the List of Goods from Countries Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor
