North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation
The North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation ( NAALC ; German North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation ) is a side agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation was signed by Canada , Mexico and the United States of America on September 14, 1993 and came into effect on January 1, 1994. This made the NAALC the first agreement linked to an international trade agreement . The NAALC is intended to ensure that the member states can implement the existing labor standards without having to intervene in the sovereign national systems. The Commission for Labor Cooperation , founded as part of the NAALC, is, alongside the International Labor Organization (ILO) founded in 1919, currently the only international organization dedicated exclusively to labor rights and related issues. The goals to be achieved by the NAALC include improvements in working conditions , living conditions and workers' rights. To achieve these goals, the NAALC established a set of principles, commitments, and working principles. There are also regulations on intergovernmental negotiations, independent evaluations and conflict resolution mechanisms for problems arising from the various national labor laws.
See also
- List of international environmental agreements
- North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
Web links
- Text of the agreement on the website of the Commission for Labor Cooperation
Individual evidence
- ↑ uni-mannheim.de: Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the subject of "EU / Mexico relations" ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 97 kB) , accessed on February 3, 2011
- ↑ a b c d e f g h naalc.org: The NAALC , accessed February 3, 2011
