CAFTA

After nine years, arbitrators bounce AFL-CIO complaint on Guatemala labor conditions

June 30, 2017 By PAI

“This decision drives home the fact that U.S. trade deals do not protect workers. In truth, this failure is by design.”

Sen. Wyden positioned to secure rights for Guatemalan workers

September 2, 2015 By Celeste Drake

"This visit to Guatemala reinforced how important it is to include strong labor protections in our trade deals and to make sure the U.S. follows through with enforcement of those rules."

U.S. to push worker rights trade case vs. Guatemala

September 24, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Saying the Guatemalan government did not live up to its own worker rights commitments, the Obama administration will push its trade case against the Central American nation.

Labor welcomes U.S. move in Guatemalan labor rights

August 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Organized labor welcomed the Obama administration's first move against rampant labor rights violations in Guatemala.

CAFTA = pollution, hunger, job loss

July 22, 2005 By Bruce Bostick And Rosalío Muñoz

With a vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement expected in the House of Representative before the end of July, 10 activists in the Los Angeles Coalition Against CAFTA held a four-day hunger strike July...