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WELCOME TO THE ARCHIVE (1994-2014) OF THE MAQUILA SOLIDARITY NETWORK. For current information on our ongoing work on the living wage, women's labour rights, freedom of association, corporate accountability and Bangladesh fire and safety, please visit our new website, launched in October, 2015: www.maquilasolidarity.org

What is the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation?

September 22, 2004

Ten-year Review of NAALC Maquila Cases

(2004) A summary of complaints made under the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation.

January 1, 2004

NAFTA Ten Years Later: Why the Labour Side Agreement Doesn't Work for Workers

(MSN, 2004) After 10 years of NAFTA, not one of the 28 complaints made under the NAALC has resulted in any significant improvements in labour law enforcement or in workers' lives. This is not the rosy future Mexican workers were promised by NAFTA's signatories.