free trade
AFL-CIO, Mexican union file law-breaking charge vs. U.S. auto parts firm
May 11, 2021The labor movements in the U.S. and Mexico join in a fight against a corporate exploiter based in the U.S.
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RCEP creates world’s largest free trade zone, but where does U.S. stand?
November 23, 2020Some worry about Chinese domination, while other critics lament the lack of provisions for environmental and labor protections.
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Senate approves ‘New NAFTA’ legislation; Sanders and Machinists union still opposed
January 17, 2020The Senate vote to implement the trade pact, 89 to 10, was a bipartisan praise-fest.
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Top AFL-CIO staffer says Johnson’s Brexit pact bad for U.K. and U.S. workers
October 21, 2019The corporate interests that funded the Brexit campaign, plus Johnson, want to follow Brexit with a NAFTA-like “free trade” pact between Britain and Trump.
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Canadian labor union leadership has gone missing during the election
October 21, 2019Labor’s mass, extra-parliamentary political campaigning is too important to be left back in 1988.
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