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7 Canadian Lab. & Emp. L.J. 1 (1999)

handle is hein.journals/canlemj7 and id is 1 raw text is: SPECIAL SECTION ON THE NORTH AMERICAN AGREEMENT ON LABOUR COOPERATION NAFTA's Labour Side Agreement Five Years On: Progress and Prospects for the NAALC Lance Conpa* in this article, the author reviews the impact of the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAALC) in the 5 years it has been in effect. The author out- lines the /I Labour Principles on which the NAALC is based, and describes some of the complaints that have been lodged by labour organizations and interested parties. The administrative structure that processes complaints and administers tile NAALC is also described. The author argues that the NAALC has been a positive force for labour rights advocates and has furthered international labour solidarity. The NAALC creates an accessible regime with no limitations on a party's standing to bring a complaint. Although the results of some complaints may not be drainatic or immediately apparent, the increase in public awareness and political concern ,for these issues is valuable. Inter-jurisdictional cooperation anong labour rights advo- cates has led to a strategy to strengthen the NAALC's protections, and provides a use- fal blueprint to face the challenges to the labour movement of the twenty-first centu- r.f 1. INTRODUCTION The North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAALC) resulted from tensions in the American political arena during the 1992 presidential election. Democratic candidate Bill Clinton was faced with a dilemma. His opponent, President George * Senior Lecturer, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labour Relations. This paper was presented at a conference organized by the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and Canadian-American Research Centre.

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