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Article: COMPLAINTS ABOUT TREATMENT OF MEXICAN MIGRANT WORKERS IN TWO U.S. STATES COULD TEST NAFTA LABOR PROVISIONS
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- SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
- Article date:
- June 3, 1998
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Independent unions and advocates for migrant workers have filed complaints against US agricultural producers charging them with violating the rights of their employees. Both actions could have implications under the labor provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The US, Mexico, and Canada negotiated the NAFTA Agreement on Labor Cooperation to promote improved labor conditions and strong enforcement of national labor laws in the three NAFTA countries. Most of the 11 labor complaints filed under NAFTA have been by US labor unions accusing Mexico of failing to enforce its labor laws. Two of the most recent cases were a complaint against maquiladora plants ...
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