Trade liberalization, labour law and development: A contextualization

Le travail dans les accords de préférence commerciale: état des lieux et perspectives

“…7 Lors de leur première visite, les inspecteurs de l'OIT ont vérifié que deux droits fondamentaux étaient bien respectés par les entreprises cambodgiennes: le travail des enfants et la discrimination de genre. En revanche, des problèmes récurrents sont apparus sur le paiement des salaires et le nombre excessif d'heures de travail (Blackett, 2007). Le principe de sécurité et santé au travail semblait assez fréquemment violé.…”

Full Report ‐ World of Work Report 2009: The global jobs crisis and beyond

“…Factors such as difficulty of implementation (Finbow, 2006) and lengthy or cumbersome procedures (Compa and Brooks, 2008) have been cited as possible reasons for the reduced interest of trade unions and NGOs in the NAALC (e.g. Blackett, 2007). However, scholars increasingly point to indirect and longterm advantages that have been gained through NAALC; these include increased knowledge and understanding about the respective parties' labour law systems and the formation of a number of trans-national alliances between unions and NGOs (Schurtman, 2008;Buchanan and Chaparro, 2008 … as well as the use of cooperative elements of these arrangements.…”

Labour provisions in preferential trade agreements: Current practice and outlook

“…The agreements provide for a specific dispute settlement mechanism with an independent tribunal. • Unlike the US-Jordan agreement (which allows complaints in respect of the entire labour chapter), parties may only submit complaints in cases 7 During their first workplace inspection, ILO inspectors established that while basic rights were respected by Cambodian firms in the areas of child labour and sex discrimination, there were frequent problems with wage payments and involuntary or excessive overtime (Blackett, 2007). There were also frequent violations of occupational safety and health regulations.…”