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CAFTA & Labor

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Costa Rican Government Launches Assualt on Trade Unions Labour Start

Fact Sheets & Reports
CAFTA's Inadequate Labor Provisions Citizens Trade Campaign
CAFTA's Threats to Building & Construction Trades Workers 
Citizens Trade Campaign
CAFTA and Worker's Rights Citizens Trade Campaign
Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Unions Rights in the Dominican Republic 2006 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, June 7, 2006
Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Unions Rights in Honduras 2006 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, June 7, 2006
Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Unions Rights in El Salvador 2006 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, June 7, 2006
Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Unions Rights in Guatemala 2006 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, June 7, 2006
Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Unions Rights in Nicaragua 2006 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, June 7, 2006
Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Unions Rights in Costa Rica 2006 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, June 7, 2006
CAFTA and the Scourge of Sweatshops Global Exchange
Labor Rights Provisions in CAFTA are Inadequate AFL-CIO
Latest Administration Labor Promises Do Nothing fo Fix the Flaws of CAFTA AFL-CIO, 2005
Deals For Trade Votes Gone Bad Public Citizen, June 2005
Examination of 6 Basic Labor Rights in CAFTA Countries 
International Labor Rights Fund, April 5, 2005
Letter to Peter Allgeier on CAFTA's Labor Deficiencies
Members of the Committee on Ways and Means, April 4 2005
Hazardous Child Labor in El Salvador’s Sugarcane Cultivation 
Human Rights Watch, June 2004
CAFTA's Weak Labor Rights Protections HRW, March 2004
Labor Rights and Child Labor Reports AFL-CIO & UNITE, June 5, 2003
El Salvador’s Failure to Protect Workers’ Rights
Human Rights Watch, December 2003
Labor Standards and CAFTA Human Rights First, November 19, 2002
CAFTA Would Hurt Working Families AFL-CIO
Written Testimony Regarding CAFTA International Labor Rights Fund

Articles & Statements
Guatemala union heads killed despite US trade deal
Reuters, October 18, 2007
CAFTA in Costa Rica Would Cause Deepening Inequality
Center for International Policy, September 24, 2007
Dead-End Trade Deal Nears Dead End
Center for International Policy, July 25, 2007
Immigrant Surge is Tied to the Failure of NAFTA
Star Tribune, April 21, 2006
Time for Bold Action on Trade AFL-CIO, February 27, 2006
Letter to USTR on Delaying CAFTA Due to Poor Labor Standards December 22, 2005
Outsourcing gets closer to home with CAFTA 
USA Today, November 8, 2005
Union Leaders Denounce 2 Who Voted For CAFTA
New York Times, August 9, 2005
Statement of UNITE-HERE President on CAFTA Final Vote August, 1, 2005
Hoffa Expresses Anger on Congress’ Passing of CAFTA 
Teamsters, July 28, 2005
CAFTA, A Job Killer Like NAFTA 
American Manufacturing Trade Action Coaltion, July 26, 2005
U.S. Blocked Release of CAFTA Reports Associated Press, June 29, 2005
Senate Panel Endorses CAFTA Associated Press, June 29, 2005
Teamsters Mobilize Against CAFTA to Protect U.S. Jobs June 23, 2005
Press Release from AFL-CIO President on Bush Administration, CAFTA, and Labor Provision June 9, 2005
Bush Offers CAFTA Labor Add-Ons to Woo Democrats 
Reuters, June 9, 2005
Unions Blast CAFTA United Press International, May 11, 2005
Letter to Congress from a Nicaraguan Maquila Worker May 5, 2005
Central American White Book on Labor Rights Fails to Face Reality Washington Office on Latin America, April 5, 2005
Slaying Shines Light on Labor Battle Abroad
Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2005
American's Death in El Salvador Questioned
Associated Press, December 22, 2004
Press Release to USTR Seeking Review of Guatemala's Poor Labor Rights Record Washington Office on Latin America, December 13, 2004
Petition to Remove Guatemala from the list of Beneficiary Developing Countries WOLA & US/LEAP, December 13, 2004
Slaying of U.S. Labor Organizer Opens Old Wounds in El Salvador Washington Post, December 2, 2004
Guatemalan Labor Disputes Fueling Violent Stand-Offs
Miami Herald, December 1, 2004
Letter to Secretary Powell Presses for Investigation of the Killing of Labor Organizer in El Salvador November 23, 2004
Union Demands Answers in Leader's Shooting Death
The Record, November 13, 2004
National Labor Committee Calls for Action on Soto Murder International Brotherhood of Teamsters, November 12, 2004
Unionist Gilberto Soto Assassinated 
National Labor Committee, November 5, 2004
Guatemala Farm Rape Clouds Free Trade Debate
Reuters, July 29, 2004
King Yong, Nicaragua: A Major Test Case for the CAFTA
National Labor Committee for Worker & Human Rights, July 22, 2004
Worker Issues Foremost for Immigrants' Advocate
Houston Chronicle, July 13, 2004
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa Calls for Congress to Reject CAFTA International Brotherhood of Teamsters, June 1, 2004
Agreement Fails to Deliver Jobs or Development
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, May 28, 2004
Barren Justice: Banana Workers Fight for Pesticide Settlement CorpWatch, May 13, 2004
No Plans to Change CAFTA Labor Provisions -- U.S. Aide
Reuters, May 5, 2004
Trade Pact Draws Focus on Labor Laws Boston Globe, May 2, 2004
Letter to Congress Urging CAFTA Rejection
AFL-CIO, February 27, 2004
Low-Wage Costa Ricans Make Baseballs for Millionaires
New York Times, January 24, 2004
Costa Rica Signs Treaty, Anti-CAFTA Unions Plan Protests
Inter Press Service, January 29, 2004
Labor, Rights Groups Vow to Stop CAFTA in Congress
OneWorld.net, December 10, 2003
Press Release Urging Stronger Labor Provisions in CAFTA
UNITE, December 9, 2003
On Eve of Trade Talks, Labor Abuses Detailed in New Report
OneWorld.net, December 5, 2003
Workers Bar Way to Free Trade in Central America
Financial Times, December 4, 2003
Lawyers Commmittee Calls for Stronger Labor Provisions in CAFTA Human Rights First, August 7, 2003
CAFTA Threatens Workers Rights US/LEAP, April 2002






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