Bureau of International Labor Affairs; U.S. National Administrative Office; North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; Hearing on Submission #2000-1

Résumé

The purpose of this notice is to announce a hearing, open to the public, on Submission #2000-1. Submission #2000-1, was filed with the U.S. National Administrative Office (NAO) on July 3, 2000, by the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras (CJM), current and former workers at Auto Trim/Breed Mexicana, and twenty-two additional unions and non-governmental organizations, including the United Auto Workers (UAW), the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), and the AFL-CIO. The submission was accepted for review by the NAO on September 1, 2000, and a notice of acceptance for review was published in the Federal Register on September 7, 2000. 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 in accordance with U.S. domestic procedures. Revised procedural guidelines pertaining to the submission, review, and reporting process utilized by the office were published in the Federal Register on April 7, 1994 (59 FR 16660). The guidelines provide for a discretionary hearing as part of the review.