Labor

Union Goes for the Cash: Workers Bring Dispute to Bank""s Doorstep

By Stephen Franklin / Chicago Tribune Staff Writer Defeat seems to be missing from Bruce Bostick's vocabulary. Everything is a "phase," and all of the phases converge, as he explains with unblinking confidence, in a union victory. "This is it. This will be a knife to the heart," says the muscular, middle-age worker from an Ohio steel mill as he details a union strategy.

China Trade Issue About World Peace

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Clinton Proposes USTR Labor Office Responsible for Core Labor Standards

Daily Report For Executives To address concerns for the labor aspects of trade policy-making, President Clinton is establishing a new labor office within the Office of the United States Trade Representative, White House Chief of Staff John Podesta said in a May 3 letter to Reps. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.).

Legislators Feel Trade-Bill Pressure

Concerns about China have some hesitant By Jim Drinkard / USA TODAY

Unocal ""Smoking Gun"" Alleged

By William Branigin / Washington Post Staff Writer Attorneys for a group of Burmese refugees say they have discovered a "smoking gun" document supporting their claims that a major U.S. oil company should be held accountable for human rights violations related to construction of a natural gas pipeline in Burma.

Organized Labor Pleads Not Guilty to Protectionism

Townhall.com / Steve Chapman The American labor movement thinks it's being unfairly depicted in the debate over normalizing trade relations with China. The AFL-CIO's opposition has led to the amazing charge that it is being selfishly protectionist, trying to preserve American jobs at the expense of workers abroad. That's the complete opposite of the truth, we now learn.

U.S. Must Remain Engaged in China, Glickman Says

By Doug Palmer SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said on Thursday the United States must remain commercially "engaged" with China to influence progress in areas such as labor and human rights.

China Warns U.S. Over Trade Status

BEIJING (AP) - With a U.S. congressional vote on a landmark trade deal approaching, China warned Thursday of possible repercussions for American companies in China if the pact is rejected. The warning came during a visit by a congressional delegation that President Clinton hopes will solidify support for giving China permanent low-tariff access to U.S. markets.

China Crackdown Complicates U.S. Trade Talks

BY LEE MICHAEL KATZ, UPI International Editor WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Beijing's public crackdown on a spiritual group may serve to bolster the arguments of union leaders and others who cite human rights abuse as a factor in the upcoming legislative battle over normalizing trade relations with China.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Praises China, Warns of US Trade Scepticism

Agence France Presse BEIJING, April 25 (AFP) - US Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman Tuesday praised China's market-opening efforts while warning of increased scepticism to free trade back home.