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INTERNATIONAL LABOR
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TRAINING PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES related to International Labor issues 
From time to time, the L&EC will post information her about training programs and activities.
 
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
The L&EC works with several international labor organizations:
  • International Association of Democratic Lawyers [IADL]
  • International Commission for Labor Rights [ICLR]
  • International Centre for Trade Union Rights [ICTUR]
  • Labor Council for Latin American Advancement [LCLAA]

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES
INTERNATIONAL LABOR RESOURCES by COUNTRY 

CANADA 

COLOMBIA 

  • Letter to Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President, Republic of Colombia, regarding the assassination of yet another Columbian labor leader, Luciano Enrique Romero Molina, a former Nestlé employee and leader of the foodworkers' union, SINALTRAINAL.   

CUBA  

  • Click here for more details about the LEC annual Cuba program
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JORDAN  

  • AFL-CIO Files Complaint Under US-Jordan Free Trade Agreement.  On September 21, 2006 the AFL-CIO and the National Textile Association jointly filed a complaint under the labor chapter of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, alleging that the Jordanian government is not in compliance with its obligations under the FTA to respect ILO core labor standards and to enforce its own domestic labor laws.

    This complaint, submitted to the United States Trade Representative (USTR), focuses on key aspects of the Jordanian labor code, including trade union governance and control, the rights of association and collective bargaining, and worker protections, that fall below core labor standards and/or are not enforced by the Jordanian government.  The complaint also details the systematic abuses to which workers, most of whom are immigrants, are subject to Jordan's export zones. 

    This is the first complaint under the labor chapter of the Jordan FTA.  It also marks the first time that a business association has joined with a labor union in insisting on effective enforcement of the labor rights provisions included in a free trade agreement.  The USTR has not yet set up a formal mechanism for accepting labor submissions.  However, the USTR has responded to the filing by stating that it will "keep open all options available under the FTA," and that the information and recommendations contained in the complaint will "prove useful" as it continues to engage the Jordanian government over ways to improve the situation of workers in Jordan.  The         complaint, executive summary, and press release are available.

MEXICO 

  • NLG resolution condemning the Mexican government's seizure of power plants operated by the Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) while simultaneously liquidating the state-owned Light and Power Company and firing the entire workforce of approximately 43,000 employees. 

  • The CLC Cross Border Education Committee and the San Diego Maquiladora Workers Solidarity Network invite you to participate in one of our next two tours.  Click here for information and reservations or call Herb Shore (619) 251-3011.
     
  • National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADL) - the network of Mexican democratic labor lawyers (the Mexican affiliate of ALAL) - for more information email anadmexico@yahoo.com.mx
     
  • National Union for Social Security Workers (SNTSS) - the Mexican union representing social security workers - Click here for the website of SNTSS
  • RESOURCES
  • Click here for the United Steelworkers Nov 8, 2006 press release regarding their NAFTA Labor Complaint Against Mexico.  For more information contact Jerry Fernandez (412) 562-2611 or Dan Kovalik (412) 562-2541.

  • Click here for the report from the NLG Labor & Employment Committee delegation to the International Meeting of Lawyers and Unionists in Defense of Social Security and Public Enterprises on July 28 - 30, 2005, in Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Click here for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee [FLOC] appeal for support (June 2005) in connection with the renewed efforts by the Mexican government to deport Brendan Greene, FLOC's chief bi-lingual organizer in Monterrey, Mexico. Given the importance of Brendan's work in Mexico and the importance of the issues involved for the international farmworker work force employed in the United States, we urge your immediate action.  For more info contact Bob Willis (919) 821-9031. 

  • Click here for the Public Communication to the U.S. National Administrative Office under the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) Concerning the Introduction of Reforms to the Federal Labor Code of Mexico (Abascal Project), Which Would Seriously Diminish Current Labor Standards, including the Right to Freely Associate, to Organize and to Bargain Collectively, in Violation of the Mexican Constitution, ILO Conventions Adopted By Mexico, and the NAALC.  This was submitted by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and numerous labor organizations on February 17, 2005.
  • Click here for a brief explanation of the Abascal proposal and the NAALC submission
  • Click here for the press release of February 17, 2005.