Bureau of International Labor Affairs; U.S. National Administrative Office; North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; Hearing on Submission #9703

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The purpose of this notice is to announce a hearing, open to the public, on Submission #9703. Submission #9703, was filed with the U.S. National Administrative Office (NAO) on December 15, 1998, by the Echlin Workers Alliance, a group that includes the Teamsters; the Canadian Auto Workers; the Union of Needletrades and Industrial Textile Employees (UNITE); the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America; the Paperworkers; and the Steelworkers. Twenty-four other organizations, including non- governmental organizations, human rights groups and labor unions from the three NAFTA countries are cited as concerned organizations in the submission. The submission was accepted for review by the NAO on January 30, 1998, and a Notice of acceptance for review was published in the Federal Register on February 4, 1998. 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