{"id":240,"date":"2011-01-11T14:29:37","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T19:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenstrade.org\/draft\/workers-rights-other-related-materials\/"},"modified":"2011-05-19T04:21:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T08:21:04","slug":"workers-rights-other-related-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-issues\/workers-rights-the-economy\/workers-rights-other-related-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers Rights: Other Related Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Articles, Editorials &amp; Press Releases<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.aflcio.org\/2009\/10\/09\/new-trade-policies-needed-to-protect-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Trade Policies Needed to Protect Workers<\/a>AFL-CIO, October 9, 2009<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epi.org\/publications\/entry\/bp246\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sustaining workers bargaining power in an age of globalization<\/a> Economic Policy Institute, October 9, 2009<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/saltlaketrib_rulesforforiegnlabor_12082007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Safety rules for foreign labor pushed<\/a>Salt Lake Tribune, December 8, 2007<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/peter-dreier\/dems-all-wet-on-sweatshop_b_75704.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dems All Wet on Sweatshops<\/a>Peter Dreir, December 6, 2007<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/washpost_laborrightsguatemala_03162007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Labor Rights in Guatemala Aided Little by Trade Deal<\/a>&nbsp;Washington Post, March 16, 2007<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/businessweek_secrets-lies-and-sweatshops_11272006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Secrets, Lies, and Sweatshops<\/a> BusinessWeek Online, November 27, 2006<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ft_sweatshop_07242006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The False Dilemma of the Sweatshop<\/a> The Financial Times, July 25, 2006<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/interfaithstatement_052006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Interfaith Statement on &quot;Free Trade&quot; and Human Trafficking<\/a> May 2006<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ap_migrantlaborersbuildarabianmetropolis_11022005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Migrant Laborers Build Arabian Metropolis<\/a>&nbsp;Associated Press, November 2, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/latimes_laborinretreat_10182005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">US Labor is in Retreat as Global Forces Squeeze Pay and Benefits<\/a>&nbsp;Los Angeles Times, October 18, 2005<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/reuters_demspresslaboraheadofbahrainfta_09292005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats Press Labor Ahead of Bahrain FTA Vote<\/a>&nbsp;Reuters, September 29, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tompaine.com\/articles\/20050929\/the_global_labor_threat.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Labor Threat<\/a> TomPaine.com, September 29, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/latimes_walmartfacessuitbylaborgroup_09142005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Wal-Mart Faces Suit by Labor Group<\/a>&nbsp;Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/latimes_strikeisaboutmorethanpayandbenefits_09182005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Strike Is About More Than Pay and Benefits<\/a>&nbsp;Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.workdayminnesota.org\/view_article.php?id=7911682fbb53a475b74920d9cd15e1b3\" target=\"_blank\">Bush Budget Could Hurt Workers Left Jobless by Trade Deals<\/a> Workday Minnesota, February 8, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/latimes_sotomurder_01022004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Slaying Shines Light on Labor Battle Abroad<\/a> Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/nyt_walmartworkersdemandunion_12152004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Workers Demand Union at Wal-Mart Supplier in China<\/a> New York Times, December 15, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icftu.org\/displaydocument.asp?Index=991220990&amp;Language=EN\" target=\"_blank\">Behind the Brands: Working Conditions and Workers&rsquo; Rights in Export Processing Zones<\/a> International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, December 6, 2004 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icftu.org\/displaydocument.asp?Index=991220995&amp;Language=ES\" target=\"_blank\">Informe en Espa&ntilde;ol<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tucsoncitizen_wolaoncolombia_12032004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Take Colombia To Task For Trade Union Murders<\/a> Tuscan Citizen, December 3, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/nyt_assassinationcolombia_11172004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Assassination Is an Issue in Trade Talks<\/a> New York Times, November 17, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/latimes_sweatshoplaw_11102004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Council Adopts Anti-Sweatshop Law<\/a> Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2004<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ap_chinatextilestrike_11012004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Labor Deal Ends Strike At Chinese Textile Mill<\/a> Associated Press, November 1, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sabusrep_shipping_10112004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Shipping Corrodes Basic Rights in Free Trade&#8217;s Name<\/a> Business Report (South Africa), October 11, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/knightridder_chineseworkers_09082004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese Factory Workers Begin Protesting Low Wages, Poor Conditions<\/a> Knight Ridder, September 8, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/guadian_iloworkersecurity_09022004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">ILO Says Globalisation Has Helped to Create a World of Unhappy Employees<\/a> The Guardian, September 2, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/afp_iloworkersecurity_09022004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">US Lags Europe in Providing Economic Security for its People<\/a> Agence France Presse, September 1, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americaspolicy.org\/citizen-action\/series\/12-factories.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">Worker-Run Factories: From Survival to Economic Solidarity<\/a> Interhemispheric Resource Center, August 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospect.org\/web\/page.ww?section=root&amp;name=ViewWeb&amp;articleId=7396\" target=\"_blank\">China&#8217;s Workers<\/a> The American Prospect, March 22, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/usleap_andeanfta.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Human Rights, Labor Groups Blast USTR for New Trade Initiative<\/a> US\/LEAP and the International Labor Rights Fund, March 18, 2004<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Articles, Editorials &amp; 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