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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.

Food safety at risk with Republican slashes

January 4, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Republican plans to cut taxes for the rich and social spending for working families may threaten food safety, say supporters of a law passed in the lame duck session of Congress and signed into law this...

Unions differ on Korea trade pact

December 16, 2010 By John Rummel

DETROIT - The United Auto Workers support for the U.S. Korea Free Trade Agreement has received a lot of "ink" in recent days as other unions have criticized the deal.

UAW: Korean workers’ fight is our fight

December 9, 2010 By John Rummel

The movement for global justice got a big lift this week, when the Hyundai Motor Co. found out its unjust treatment of autoworkers in South Korea will not go unnoticed in the U.S.

In Europe, poor countries in economic straightjacket

November 23, 2010 By Emile Schepers

To satisfy the International Monetary Fund, countries like Ireland and Greece have taken drastic anti-worker measures.