Trade
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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International trade unionists hunt solutions for downsides of “free trade”
November 1, 2017“Free trade has been accompanied by economic and social chaos,” says Noureddine Taboubi, a union leader from Tunisia.
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U.S., Canadian, Mexican unions to jointly fight for pro-worker NAFTA
October 13, 2017"The first NAFTA was successful for corporations. Now it’s time to win for workers."
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Lawmakers, unions campaign against secret trade court in ‘new NAFTA’
October 12, 2017Rep. Keith Ellison: "It undermines democracy and sovereignty. We’ve gotta make people know what the ISDS is.”
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“New NAFTA”: Canada demands end to U.S. “right-to-work” laws
September 13, 2017Prodded by Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, the government demands any new trade deal force the U.S. to eliminate “right-to-work” laws.
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