Rethinking NAFTA's NAALC Provision: The Effectiveness of its Dispute Resolution System on the Protection of Mexican Migrant Workers in the United States

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Brower
2020 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
pp. 2050004
Author(s):  
Jieren Hu ◽  
Daniel Martin

The formal labor dispute resolution system of administrative organs, arbitration tribunal and courts which have been established to handle labor disputes remains an ineffective tool for migrant workers to resolve their disputes with their employers in China. Moreover, experience has exemplified that among the mediation style, non-official mediators have proven to be more effective in settling cases and helping migrant workers than mediators within the formal system. Taking “Little Bird,” a famous NGO for migrant workers rights protection in China, as an example, this article focuses on the problem of arrears in wages of migrant workers from a sociological-legal perspective. This article argues that the current legal system in China fails to adequately protect the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers and that informal mediation may help resolve disputes between migrant workers and employers more efficiently. The effectiveness of NGO’s role in handling labor disputes as well as its limitations, would also be analyzed and discussed.


Author(s):  
Douglas S. Massey ◽  
Jorge Durand ◽  
Karen A. Pren

A majority of Mexican and Central Americans living in the United States today are undocumented or living in a marginal, temporary legal status. This article is a comparative analysis of how Mexican and non-Mexican Latino immigrants fare in the U.S. labor market. We show that despite higher levels of human capital and a higher class background among non-Mexican migrants, neither they nor Mexican migrants have fared very well in the United States. Over the past four decades, the real value of their wages has fallen across the board, and both Mexican and non-Mexican migrant workers experience wage penalties because they are in liminal legal categories. With Latinos now composing 17 percent of the U.S. population and 25 percent of births, the precariousness of their labor market position should be a great concern among those attending to the nation’s future.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (39) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Claro Da Silva ◽  
Tânia Lobo Muniz

RESUMOO artigo faz uma análise do sistema de solução de conflitos brasileiro, a partir dos pressupostos de estabelecimento do sistema multiportas de solução de conflitos norte-americano, representado principalmente pelo conceito de Tribunal Multiportas, a partir da realidade mundial na difusão dos métodos alternativos. Parte do exame dos meios alternativos de solução de conflitos dentro dessa perspectiva de profusão em todo o mundo, para depois delimitar como são tratados no Brasil. Após, apresenta o conceito de Tribunal Multiportas concebido nos Estados Unidos e sua aplicação concreta em alguns estados americanos. Ao final, sob os premissas delineadas, estabelece o grau de implantação do conceito de Tribunal Multiportas no Brasil, da forma como estabelecido nos Estados Unidos, apontando o grau de estabelecimento de um sistema judiciário multiportas.PALAVRAS-CHAVEConflitos de Interesse. Tribunal Multiportas. Acesso à Justiça. Meios Alternativos.ABSTRACTThis paper analyzes the Brazilian conflict settlement system, based on the assumptions of the establishment of the American multi-door conflict resolution system, represented mainly by the concept of multi-door courthouse, based on the diffusion of alternative methods on the world. It begins with an examination of the alternative methods of conflict resolution in the perspective of its profusion around the world and then delineate how they are treated in Brazil. After, it presents the concept of multi-door courthouse designed in the United States and its daily use in some American states. In the end, in the light of the delimited premises, establishes the degree of implementation of the concept of multi-door courthouse in Brazil, as it's established in the United States, pointing the degree of establishment of a multi-door judicial system.KEYWORDSDisputes. Multi-door Courthouse. Justice Access. Alternative Dispute Resolution.


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