Embattled Colombian Unionists Rally Against ‘Free Trade’
(photo via L.A. Progressive) Cross-posted from In these Times Gathering with fellow unionists in Washington, D.C., Jose Hugo Yanini speaks firmly about labor rights in Colombia. But a few weeks ago,...
View ArticleLabor Day Showdown: Can Advocates Stop ‘NAFTA of the Pacific’?
Cross-posted from Colorlines.com This Labor Day, the Pacific Rim will wash into the Midwest’s flagship city, and activists will confront the tides of global commerce with a demand for global economic...
View ArticleIt’s NAFTA x3 as Free Trade Deals Sweep Through Congress
Cross-posted from Colorlines.com One day in September, Isidro Rivera Barrera, a contract worker and labor organizer who was campaigning at an Ecopetrol refining facility in Barrancabermeja, Colombia,...
View ArticleTrans-Pacific Trade Deal Opens Eastern Front for Neoliberalism
Image: Citizens Trade Campaign Cross-posted from In These Times. With the U.S. economy stuck in a constant rut and Europe going into a tailspin, President Obama is looking to escape to the East. While...
View ArticleLabor Action and Inaction in Colombia Free Trade Deal
Cross-posted from In these Times Rally for human rights in Colombia (image: mar is sea Y via flickr/Creative Commons) As the media swarmed over the scandal surrounding the Secret Service’s alleged...
View ArticleBackdoor Talks on Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Aim to Globalize Corporatocracy
Cross-posted from In These Times You might think corporate money corrupts our political system, but the international trade system is where money really talks. Image via interoccupy.org The White House...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Boom Leaves Workers in the Dust
Hyundai worker rally (via links.org.au) Originally posted at In These Times South Korea is sometimes touted as an exemplar of capitalist progress in Asia–a sophisticated economy with global brands and...
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