NAALC Cooperative Activities

Cooperative activities among the NAOs are focused on labor issues that are viewed as meriting particular concern by all three countries and on those issues raised in the submissions. The intended goals of the activities are to provide specific technical training and expertise, to create mediums for exchange of best practices and information that will facilitate better understanding of each country's labor laws, policies and practices, and to promote awareness of current labor issues in the three countries.

Article 11 of the NAALC calls for the promotion of cooperative activities between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as appropriate, regarding:

1. occupational safety and health;



2. child labor;



3. migrant workers of the Parties;



4. human resources development;



5. labor statistics;



6. work benefits;



7. social programs for workers and their families;



8. programs, methodologies and experiences regarding productivity improvements;



9. labor-management relations and collective bargaining procedures;



10. employment standards and their implementation;



11. compensation for work-related injury or illness;



12. legislation relating to the formation and operation of unions, collective bargaining and the resolution of labor disputes, and its implementation;



13. the equality of women and men in the workplace;



14. forms of cooperation among workers, management and government;



15. the provision of technical assistance, at the request of a Party, for the development of its labor standards; and



16. such other matters as the Parties may agree.

Summary of NAO Cooperative Activities, 1994-2005

Current cooperative activities being carried out by the US in cooperation with Mexico and Canada