free trade

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.

Trans-Pacific Trade Pact called new NAFTA

September 2, 2011 By John Bachtell

Warning of a new "NAFTA for the Pacific Rim," labor is demanding a new deal being negotiated for the Pacific region include protections for workers rights, health care and the environment.

Colombian labor leader seeks trade pact delay

January 21, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON (PAI) - Congress should delay the proposed U.S.-Colombia "free trade" agreement until a key Colombian law that leads to workers' oppression changes and law enforcement there improves, a top Colombian union leader says.