free trade

Forty years after fascist coup, Chile may elect socialist, again

September 11, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Forty years ago today Chilean President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a U.S.-abetted coup because he was a socialist; in two months Chileans may elect Michelle Bachelet, another socialist.

Urge to lawmakers: Use Trans-Pacific trade pact to favor workers

May 31, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO is urging Congress and the Obama administration to use negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Pact to redo U.S. trade policy to support workers.

Striking Los Mineros leader describes horrifying conditions

May 18, 2012 By David Bacon

Our town is where the Mexican Revolution began in 1906, at a time when miners there were virtually enslaved.

U.S. and Korea implement free trade agreement

March 16, 2012 By Pedro Conceicao

The United States and South Korea mark the beginning of their free trade pact; labor and farmers remain opposed to deal as too procorporate.

“Time to challenge basic assumptions,” says Trumka

October 11, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Americans must challenge and rethink three basic assumptions that have guided the country and the economy for the last 30 years and run both into the ditch, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.