Peruvian unions seek response from Labor Dept. in U.S.-Peru FTA dispute

On the heels of a U.S. fact-finding trip to Peru, four of that country's largest unions plan to ask the U.S. Labor Department for a public update on its evaluation of the Peruvian government's progress in an ongoing labor dispute under the U.S.-Peru free trade agreement. Representatives from the Labor Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative traveled to Peru in late June to meet with the Peruvian Ministry of Labor, the federal labor inspection superintendency (SUNAFIL), the...