NORTH AMERICAN AGREEMENT ON LABOR COOPERATION
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES
PREAMBLEThe Government of the United States of America, the Government of Canada and the Government of the United Mexican States: RECALLING their resolve in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to:
AFFIRMING their continuing respect for each Party's constitution and law; DESIRING to build on their respective international commitments and to strengthen their cooperation on labor matters; RECOGNIZING that their mutual prosperity depends on the promotion of competition based on innovation and rising levels of productivity and quality; SEEKING to complement the economic opportunities created by the NAFTA with the human resource development, labor-management cooperation and continuous learning that characterize high-productivity economies; ACKNOWLEDGING that protecting basic workers' rights will encourage firms to adopt high-productivity competitive strategies; RESOLVED to promote, in accordance with their respective laws, high-skill, high-productivity economic development in North America by:
BUILDING on existing institutions and mechanisms in Canada, Mexico and the United States to achieve the preceding economic and social goals; and CONVINCED of the benefits to be gained from further cooperation between them on labor matters; HAVE AGREED as follows: PART ONE
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