NAFTA
Trumka warns lawmakers: Don’t vote for quickie ‘New NAFTA’
April 2, 2019Even a stronger Mexican labor law, but without enforcement in place, won’t satisfy U.S. workers, or the U.S. labor movement.
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Union officials to Congress: U.S. ‘free trade’ pacts trash U.S. workers
April 2, 2019"It shouldn’t take years to bring a case against a country that allows for the intimidation, harassment and murder of labor leaders."
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Labor to oppose rush to enact ‘New NAFTA’
March 18, 2019Trump strong-armed Mexico and Canada into accepting the deal which lacks mechanisms to guarantee worker protections.
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Trump’s ‘new NAFTA’ won’t stop job outsourcing
December 18, 2018The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will not end the outsourcing incentives that have allowed companies to hollow out communities across the country.
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George H.W. Bush’s record: Nothing to celebrate
December 4, 2018WASHINGTON — The old Latin phrase is “De mortuis nil nisi bonum,” translated as “speak nothing but good of the dead,” but when it comes to George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the U.S.,...
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