Executive Council Statement
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers (ORIT)
… social safety nets, and forced millions into poverty. The proposed Free Trade Agreement of the Americas threatens to grant even more rights to corporations while doing nothing to protect workers or the environment. Never has the solidarity of workers across the … to promote the fundamental worker rights embodied in the ILO Declaration of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work; to demand that trade and investment agreements incorporate labor and environmental rights; to advocate for economic …