NAFTA

What We’re Doing

The NAFTA Effect: Lorain, Ohio
Blog

A Not-So-Modest Proposal to Reform NAFTA

The next NAFTA negotiation round officially begins Nov. 17, and the news isn't all bad. It may sound crazy, but the same administration that put a Goldman Sachs and OneWest operative in charge of the Treasury Department and an anti-public school advocate in charge of the Department of Education recently made a NAFTA proposal that would nearly eliminate the private corporate justice system known as ISDS (investor-to-state dispute settlement).
Convention Resolution

Resolution 24: Fighting Together for Workers in Manufacturing

The AFL-CIO will fight for a national manufacturing policy based on public investment in new technologies, maximizing the advantage of our energy abundance, the domestic production of clean energy goods and an expectation of rising pay.
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NAFTA Negotiations Still Need Improvement

On Sept. 27, the United States, Canada and Mexico finished the third round of NAFTA renegotiation talks. We’ve been told these talks will “get a better deal for our workers,” but the negotiating goals seem to prioritize getting a better deal for corporations that want to offshore jobs and decrease wages.
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Working People Need Fair Currency Rules in #NAFTA

One of the reasons that so-called U.S. “trade” deals (such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA) should really be called “offshoring” deals is that they do not contain any enforceable restrictions on currency misalignment and manipulation.
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How the Canadians Are Trying to Use NAFTA to Raise Your Wage

Finally, after nearly a quarter of a century, NAFTA is being renegotiated. This is a good thing.