NAFTA
Union leaders to Trump: “New NAFTA” must boost workers’ rights, wages
February 22, 2018Six top union leaders told Trump any “new NAFTA” so-called “free trade” pact must improve workers’ rights and wages.
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Steelworkers demand Trump restore aid to workers hurt by cheap imports
February 15, 2018“It’s disconcerting the administration is de-funding a program that helps workers who lose their jobs to unfair foreign trade, we’ll fight like hell to keep it, and Congress is our backstop on that.”
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Labor groups say Mexico and U.S. violate worker rights under NAFTA
February 1, 2018Petitions to the Labor Department come as the U.S., Canada, and Mexico participate in yet another round of talks on a “new NAFTA” in Montreal.
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Trade merry-go-round: Labor leery of new NAFTA and TPP pacts
January 26, 2018Unions in both the U.S. and Canada are opposing the crafting of trade deals that hurt workers.
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AFL-CIO trade expert: Labor section key for “new NAFTA” talks
November 20, 2017“The only thing we can say right now is there won’t be the same old same old.”
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