An Individual Labour Complaint Procedure for Workers, Trade Unions, Employers and NGOs in Future Free Trade Agreements

Gött, Henner

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“…Ultimately, widespread enforcement of labour provisions in trade agreements relies on the political will of state parties to bring claims. Some commentators argue that real enforcement of labour rights under free trade agreements will not occur until independent third parties are able to invoke treaty dispute settlement mechanisms (Gött 2018).…”

Section: Trade and Trade Agreementsmentioning

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Beyond audit: the regulatory legitimacy of multi-stakeholder initiatives in the apparel sector

Frishling

2023

Australian Journal of Human Rights

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First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge and thank my brilliant and inspirational supervisors: Professor Justine Nolan, Professor Dimity Kingsford Smith and Professor Bronwen Morgan. Justine, it has been a privilege to be guided by such a leading light in the field. Your broad and deep knowledge of, practical experience in, and passion for, business and human rights has served as a constant source of learning and inspiration. I am also incredibly grateful for your generosity as a mentor, and the way in which you have continuously connected me to people and opportunities for development over the years. Dimity, your mastery of regulatory theory helped me to perceive the challenges presented by this thesis in a new light and on a deeper level. Your incisive comments during the final stretch compelled me to step back and consider the thesis as an interconnected whole. Bronwen, your brilliant theoretical mind, penetrating insights and encouragement at just the right moments have been invaluable. Together, you have been my supervisory dream team.

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Section: Trade and Trade Agreementsmentioning

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Beyond audit: the regulatory legitimacy of multi-stakeholder initiatives in the apparel sector

Frishling

2023

Australian Journal of Human Rights

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“…Whether the LVC effectively raises the wages of Mexican automobile workers without a concurrent decrease in employment cannot be assessed ex ante due to its complexity. The Mexican labour reform clauses hold promises of effectiveness because they conform to two key conditions for success mentioned in the literature: ex ante conditionality and workers' direct access to complaint procedures (Gött, 2018;Harrison, 2019). Concerning the ex ante conditionality, the Mexican government had to commit to the labour law reform before the USMCA went into force.…”

Section: Assessment Of Enforcement Mechanisms For Mexican Labour Reformsmentioning

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Novel Labour-related Clauses in a Trade Agreement: From NAFTA to USMCA

Scherrer

2020

GLJ

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The renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), now called the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), contains two interesting innovations: the requirement of aminimum average wage in the manufacturing of motor vehicles (the Labour Value Content clause)and a detailed prescription for the reform of Mexican labour law. Both could serve as models forfuture labour chapters in trade agreements. The assessment contained in this article is based on theviews of those who demanded renegotiation of the labour-related provisions of NAFTA, expertson labour rights in free trade agreements (FTAs) and ethics criteria. The assessment results in asplit picture. The labour-related provisions came about under ethically problematic circumstancesand their complexity leaves much room for criticism. Yet, the idea of inserting a wage floor in anFTA, as well as monitoring and sanctioning mechanisms for ensuring internationally recognisedlabour rights, merits further consideration for future trade agreements.KEYWORDS: globalisation; industrial relations; competitiveness; trade agreements; outsourcing

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Linkages of Trade, Investment and Labour in Preferential Trade Agreements: Between Untapped Potential and Structural Insufficiencies

Gött

2019

European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2019

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An Individual Labour Complaint Procedure for Workers, Trade Unions, Employers and NGOs in Future Free Trade Agreements

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Beyond audit: the regulatory legitimacy of multi-stakeholder initiatives in the apparel sector

Beyond audit: the regulatory legitimacy of multi-stakeholder initiatives in the apparel sector

Novel Labour-related Clauses in a Trade Agreement: From NAFTA to USMCA

Linkages of Trade, Investment and Labour in Preferential Trade Agreements: Between Untapped Potential and Structural Insufficiencies

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