LatinNews Daily Report - 14 June 2012

Ecuador, Honduras, Peru: On 6 June, during a ceremony held at the US Department of Labour headquarters in Washington, Labour Secretary Hilda Solis signed partnership agreements with ambassadors representing Honduras, Peru and Ecuador. According to a press release posted by the US Department of Labour, under the agreements regional enforcement offices of the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its Wage and Hour Division “will cooperate with local consulates of the […]countries. Together, the consulates and Labor Department agencies will reach out to migrant workers with information about U.S. health, safety and wage laws. The partnerships will help the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA more effectively enforce U.S. laws, especially in high-risk and low-wage industries”. According to the press release, “this cooperation also will help both agencies identify problems faced by migrant workers and target labor law enforcement efforts”. The department previously implemented similar agreements with Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic to benefit migrant workers.

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