NAFTA

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Press Release

New NAFTA Needs Labor Enforcement, Not Manufactured Deadlines

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Trump administration sending a Statement of Administrative Action on the new North American Free Trade Agreement to Congress.
Blog

‘State of the Unions’ Podcast: Not Good Enough

In the latest episode of "State of the Unions," podcast co-hosts Julie and Tim talk to AFL-CIO Trade Policy Specialist Celeste Drake about flaws in the proposed new NAFTA and outline the labor movement's high standards for current and future trade agreements. 
Legislative Alert

Letter Urging Representatives to Oppose Efforts to Advance a Flawed New NAFTA

Letter to representatives stating the AFL-CIO and its affiliates will oppose any effort to advance a new NAFTA trade deal until the text of the agreement is improved for working families and Mexico has implemented real labor law reform.
Blog

USITC Report Backs Up the Need to Fix New NAFTA to Add Real Enforcement

On April 18, the United States International Trade Commission released its analysis of the likely economic impacts of the new NAFTA (also known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA). The report supports the AFL-CIO’s position on the new NAFTA: Congress should not vote on it until it is fixed.
Media Hit

Richard Trumka on the Proposed Trade Agreements, Labor Enforcement and Tariffs (C-SPAN)

Speech

Trumka: New NAFTA Not Good Enough

Until the new NAFTA is unequivocally better than the current draft, we must keep fighting to fix it.