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Read moreNovember 9, 2005 – With the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) set to go into effect January 1, companies are already positioning themselves to exploit cheap labor in countries such as Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Companies such as IBM, Russell Athletic and Western Union have already started shifting business into the six countries affected
Read moreThe AFL-CIO and a broad-based coalition of unions and religious, student community and civil rights groups are planning a national mobilization—“the biggest ever”—in support of workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain collectively during the week leading up to Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day. With America’s middle class shrinking and poverty and job loss
Read moreNovember 9, 2005 – In their annual report to Congress, The U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission is urging lawmakers to take a tougher stance on China’s unfair trade practices. The report calls for an immediate, across-the-board tariff on imports from China unless China moves immediately to allow their currency, the yuan, to
Read moreLongtime workers often find themselves forced out of the market Robert Boyd isn’t tarring roofs like he used to. The 62-year-old expatriate from Liverpool, England, says he’s waging a losing battle with illegal day laborers. The Upland man, who’s run his own business for 22 years, has been fixing leaky roofs since before he came
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