[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2533-2534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1366]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of International Labor Affairs; U.S. National 
Administrative Office; North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; 
Public Forum on the Effects of Sudden Plant Closings and the Impact on 
the Principle of Freedom of Association and the Right of Workers To 
Organize

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of public forum.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce a public forum on 
Submission 9501 filed under the North American Agreement on Labor 
Cooperation
    Submission 9501, filed with the Mexican National Administrative 
Office (Mexican NAO) by the Telephone Workers of The Republic of 
Mexico, involves labor law matters in the United States, and was filed 
for review on February 9, 1995. The Mexican NAO issued a public report 
on May 31, 1995 requesting ministerial consultations on the matter, 
pursuant to Article 22 of the North American Agreement on Labor 
Cooperation (NAALC). Pursuant to these ministerial consultations an 
agreement was reached on December 15, 1995, between the United States 
Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich and his Mexican counterpart, 
Secretary Javier Bonilla Garcia. This agreement provides, inter alia, 
for a public forum in San Francisco, California to allow interested 
parties an opportunity to convey to the public their concerns on the 
effects of the sudden closing of a plant on the principle of freedom of 
association and the right of workers to organize. This public forum 
will be held on February 27, 1996, commencing at 9:30 a.m. and ending 
at 6:00 p.m.
    Persons wishing to present their views on these matters may do so 
by registering their requests with the U.S. National Administrative 
Office (U.S. NAO) no later than February 16, 1996. Only those 
individuals registered in advance may address the forum.

ADDRESSES: The public forum will be held at the ANA Hotel San 
Francisco, located at 50 Third Street, San Francisco, California, 
94103. The hotel telephone number is 415-974-6400. Registration to make 
an oral statement may be mailed or faxed to the U.S. NAO at the U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Room C-4327, 
Washington, D.C. 20210, Fax # 202-501-6615.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Irasema T. Garza, Secretary, U.S. National Administrative Office, 200 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room C-4327, Washington, D.C. 20210, 

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Telephone number--202/501/6653. (This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Nature and Conduct of the Public Forum

    The public forum will be conducted by an officer of the U.S. 
Department of Labor. There will be limited audience capacity, and 
participation from the public will be based on a first-come, first-
served basis. Simultaneous translation between English and Spanish will 
be provided. Disabled persons should contact the Secretary of the U.S. 
NAO, by February 16, if special accommodations are needed.

2. Oral or Written Statements and Requests To Present Oral 
Statements

    Requests to present oral statements shall include name, address, 
and telephone and fax numbers of the presenter, the organization 
represented, if any, and any other information pertinent to the 
request. Such request must be received by February 16, 1996. The U.S. 
NAO will notify each requester of the disposition of their request to 
present an oral statement. Presenters may submit written statements in 
lieu of a request to make an oral statement. Such written statements 
will be entered into the record but will not be read at the forum.
    Oral statements at the public forum will normally be limited to ten 
minutes. Additional time may be allowed based on the number of 
speakers. The number of oral presenters may be limited, based on 
considerations of available time, on a first-come, first-served basis. 
There will be no general audience participation nor questioning of 
presenters by members of the audience.
    This is a public forum open to members of the press.

    Signed at Washinton, DC, on January 22, 1996.
Irasema T. Garza,
Secretary, U.S. National Administrative Office.
[FR Doc. 96-1366 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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