Laboring to cross the NAFTA divide. (North American Free Trade Agreement)

From: The Nation | Date: November 13, 1995| Author: Bacon, David | Copyright information

The Free Trade Agreement has had little effect on the working conditions in Mexico, although there have been attempts to bring about worker solidarity on both sides of the border. Cases of poor and dangerous working conditions, sexual harassment, and union breaking tactics are discussed.

In 1994 the Labor Department certified 17,000 applications (out of 34,000 received) for unemployment extensions for U.S. workers who lost their jobs because of NAFTA. This year there were 35,000 app...

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