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IKO ASSIFIED

PANAMANIAN NATIONALS WHO ARE THEREAFTER RECRUITED OUT- SIDE OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA AND WHO CHANGE THEIR PLACE OF RESID. NCE, SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE DIS- CRIMINATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARAGRAPH.

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PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE PANAMA CANAL COMPANY CR CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT PRIOR TO THE ENTRY INTO FOR CE OF THIS TREATY, WHO ARE DISPLACED FROM THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS RESULT OF THE DISCONTINUANCE BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO THIS TREATY, WILL BE PLACED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE, IN OTHER APPROPRIATE JOBS WITH

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH

UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS. FOR SUCH PER - SONS WHO ARE NOT UNITED STATES NATIONALS, PLACEMENT EFFORTS WILL BE CONFINED TO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ACT IV IT IES LOCATED WITHIN THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA. LIKE- WISE, PERSONS PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED IN ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY AS A RESULT OF THIS TREATY WILL BE CONTINUED IN THEIR EMPLOY - MENT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE BY THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA. THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA SHALL, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE, ENSURE THAT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT APPLICABLE TO PERSONNEL EMPLOYED IN THE ACT IV IT IES FOR WHICH IT ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY ARE NO LESS FAVORABLE THAN THOSE IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS TREATY. NON-UNITED STATES NAT IONALS EMPLOYED BY THE PANAMA CANAL COMPANY OR CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT PRIOR TO THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS TREAT Y WHO ARE INVOL UNT AR IL Y SEPARATED FROM THEIR

POSITIONS BECAUSE OF THE DISCONTINUANCE OF AN ACTIVITY BY REASON OF THIS TREATY, WHO ARE NOT ENTITLED TO AN IMMEDIATE ANNUITY UNDER THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE RET IREMENT SYSTEM, AND FOR WHOM CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS NOT PRACTICABLE, WILL BE PROVIDED SPECIAL JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE BY THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA FOR EMPLOYMENT IN POSITIONS FOR WHICH THEY MAY BE QUAL IFIED BY EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING.

THE PART IES AGREE TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM WHEREBY THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION MAY, IF DEEMED MUTUALLY CON- VENIENT OR DESIRABLE BY THE TWO PARTIES, ASSIGN CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION, FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME, TO ASSIST IN THE OPERATION OF ACTIVITIES TRANSFERRED TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF

PANAMA AS A RESULT OF THIS TREATY OR RELATED AGREEMENTS. THE SALARIES AND OTHER COSTS OF EMPLOYMENT OF ANY SUCH

PER SONS ASSIGNED TO PROVIDE SUCH ASSISTANCE SHALL BE REIMBURSED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA.

9. (A) THE RIGHT OF EMPLOYEES TO NEGOTIATE COLLECT IVE CONTRACTS WITH THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION IS RECOGNIZED. LABOR RELATIONS WITH EMPLOYEES OF THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FORMS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AFTER CONSULTATION WITH EMPLOYFE UNIONS.

(B) EMPLOYEE UNIONS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO AFFILIATE WITH INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZAT IONS.

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