Regional Collective Bargaining in North America

Regional Collective Bargaining in North America: An
alternative for balancing trade and labor
prerogatives makes an analysis of the relationship
between international trade and the protection of
labor rights. It features the evolution of domestic,
regional and international labor efforts,and why
labor standards (or the lack thereof) existing in
today s global economy ultimately fail to protect
workers rights. This work presents the
implementation and effectiveness of NAFTA and its
parallel labor compromise, the North American
Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC). NAALC is
compared with other international labor alternatives
like the ILO and the European Labor
Law. Enlarging the scope and improving the
enforcement means of NAALC, as well as the
implementation of North American Regional Frameworks
negotiated by employer, union and government
regional representatives are proposed to improve
the protection of labor rights in the region. This
proposal is supported with a profound analysis of
the collective bargaining legal framework that is
enforceable in each of the NAFTA countries.

Autorentext
Héctor González Graf studied law at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). He completed a Masters in Law and a Ph.D. at Tulane Law School. He litigates in all areas of employment law representing national and multi-national companies. He has taught law in public and private universities in Mexico and foreign countries.

Klappentext
"Regional Collective Bargaining in North America: An alternative for balancing trade and labor prerogatives" makes an analysis of the relationship between international trade and the protection of labor rights. It features the evolution of domestic, regional and international labor efforts,and why labor standards (or the lack thereof) existing in today's global economy ultimately fail to protect workers' rights. This work presents the implementation and effectiveness of NAFTA and its parallel labor compromise, the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC). NAALC is compared with other international labor alternatives like the ILO and the European Labor Law. Enlarging the scope and improving the enforcement means of NAALC, as well as the implementation of North American Regional Frameworks negotiated by employer, union and government regional representatives are proposed to improvethe protection of labor rights in the region. This proposal is supported with a profound analysis of the collective bargaining legal framework that is enforceable in each of the NAFTA countries.