April 1, 2004

Those who provided testimony in Washington were Nilay Vora (USAS), Robert Jeffcott (MSN), Salvador García Sanchez (former Tarrant worker), Maribel Ramírez Torres (former Tarrant worker), Scott Nova (Worker Rights Consortium - WRC), Shaila Toledo Balderas and Blanca Velazquez Díaz (CAT), Alejandra Constanza Ancheita Pagaza (Lawyer) and Ben Cokelet (Representative of the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center).

See the complete transcript of the hearing in Washington at the website of the US Department of Labor.

Those who provided testimony in Toronto were Lynda Yanz (MSN), Julia Plascencia (USAS), Mark Rowlinson (United Steelworkers of America, Canadian Office - USWA), Blanca Velazquez Díaz* and Gabriela Cortés Cabrera* (CAT), Jaime Ayala Sánchez* (former Matamoros Garment worker) and Martín Zacatzi Tequextle* (former Tarrant worker). The WRC and Marisol Enyart (USAS) submitted written testimony to the Canadian NAO.

* in Spanish only

• Read a summary of the key issues in the Puebla case
• Read the US and Canadian NAO findings
• Read MSN’s recommendations to the Canadian NAO
• Read a chronology of the Puebla case
• What actions are workers asking for?
• Read more about the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAALC)