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 62 STAT.] MEXICO-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS-FEB. 20, 21, 1948 "33. The employer guarantees the worker the opportunity for em- ployment for three quarters of the work days of the total period during which the Individual Work Agreement is, in fact, in effect. If the employer affords the worker, during such period, less employment than required under this provision, the worker shall be entitled to be paid the amount which he would have earned had he, in fact, worked for the guaranteed number of days. In determining whether the guarantee of employment provided for in this paragraph has been met, any day on which the worker fails to work, when afforded the opportunity to do so by the Employer, shall be counted as a day of employment in calculating the days of employment toward the satisfaction of this guarantee. "For each work-day (except Sundays) on which the worker is willing to work and is physically able to carry on his work, and he is not employed for more than four hours, he will receive subsistence without cost to him. Said subsistence shall consist of three meals a day or their equivalent in cash. "34. The officials of the United States Immigration and Labor Services shall not aid in the contracting of workers who are accom- panied by their families. "35. The proper authorities of the Government of the United States, in representation of the employers, are empowered, in coopera- tion with the Mexican authorities, to formulate the instructions necessary to facilitate both the sojourn of workers in the United States as well as the best interpretation of the several clauses of the labor contract. The agreement set forth herein shall become effective through an exchange of notes between the two Governments, and shall supersede the agreements of April 26, 1943, and of March 10, 1947, on this subject, except in the case of workers now in the United States who, if recontracted, will be protected by said agreement in regard to transportation, lodging, and subsistence from place of employment to the place of original contracting. It shall continue in force until modified by mutual agreement or terminated by written notification of either Government, which shall become effective thirty days after the receipt of such notes. "36. The recontracting of Mexican laborers now in the United States will be effected immediately after this agreement is approved by both Governments. The first regular contracting within the Republic of Mexico will be effected one month after the exchange of notes and subsequent contracting in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 thereof. 3893 Guarantee of em- ployment. Subsistence. Workers accompa- nied by families. Formulation of in- structions, etc. 57 Stat. 1152; 61 Stat., Pt. 4, p. 4097. Ante, p. 3889 . By reason of the absence of the members of the United States and Signatures. Mexican delegations who participated in the conversations at El Paso, Texas, and who are mentioned at the beginning of this document, the representatives intervening in the final revision, after reaching an agreement on each one of the articles thereof, signed the same at Mexico City on the 17th day of February, 1948.

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