Trade
Government says it will use trade pacts to advance worker rights internationally
November 17, 2023Advancing workers’ rights and wages abroad also removes low-wage exploitation which corporate chieftains use to export U.S. jobs and undercut U.S. workers.
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Steelworker official: Jury still out on U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact
August 9, 2021Part of the problem is the enormity of the task of freeing Mexican workers from the control of corporate-dominated unions.
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Trump in ‘free trade’ talks with Brazilian right-wing authoritarian President Bolsonaro
July 8, 2020The talks may have hit a medical snag: Bolsonaro, who like Trump has actively sabotaged coronavirus response efforts, just tested positive for COVID-19.
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Mexican labor lawyer Susana Prieto Terrazas arrested, raising USMCA enforcement doubts
July 6, 2020Prieto Terrazas led protests for better pay and coronavirus safety measures at plants. At the behest of factory owners, prosecutors sent police to arrest her.
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USMCA: Mixed messages from union leaders precede House OK of ‘New NAFTA’
December 19, 2019While an improvement, USMCA is not a template for a progressive vision of trade that puts at its core good jobs and rising wages.
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