Bureau of International Labor Affairs; U.S. National Administrative Office; North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; Notice of Determination Regarding Review of Submission # 9601

Résumé

The U.S. National Administrative Office (U.S. NAO) gives notice that Submission # 9601 was accepted for review on July 29, 1996. The submission was filed with the NAO on June 13, 1996, by Human Rights Watch/Americas, the International Labor Rights Fund, and the Asociacion Nacional de Abogados Democraticos (National Association of Democratic Lawyers), and concerns the representation of employees of the Ministry of the Environment, Natural Resources, and Fishing by the Single Trade Union of Workers of the Fishing Ministry (SUTSP) in Mexico City, Mexico. Article 16(3) of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) provides for the review of labor law matters in Canada and Mexico by the NAO. The objective of the review of the submission will be to gather information to assist the NAO to better understand and publicly report on the Government of Mexico's compliance with the objectives set forth in Articles 3 and 5 of the NAALC.