Labor

US Moves to Revive Retaliatory Trade Tool

Korea Times | April 13, 2004 Concern has been growing here over the United States' move to revive its old trade retaliation tool, Super 301, to open Asian markets ahead of its presidential election.

Former ILO Expert Says US Firms Condoning Workers"" Rights Abuses In China

AFX European Focus | March 30, 2004 US companies are condoning workers' rights abuses in China, giving manufacturers in that country an illegitimate cost advantage and fueling job losses in the US, a former International Labor Organisation (ILO) expert said Monday.

Trade In Services: Movement Of Persons A Key Issue

The Hindu | March 25, 2004 Movement of persons across borders has become a key dimension of trade in services even as it is increasingly becoming of great importance to developing countries. The freer flow of labour from one country to another is also expected to lead to substantial welfare gains on account of remittances.

AFL-CIO Asks Penalties Against China

Chicago Tribune | By Stephen Franklin | March 17, 2004 In an unprecedented challenge to a major trading partner, the AFL-CIO on Tuesday asked the U.S. government to apply economic sanctions against China for allegedly operating an abusive, low-pay system that has cost thousands of American jobs.

The Political Economy Of Outsourcing

The Hindu | March 15, 2004 IT IS a horror staring at U.S. professionals these days - the horror of receiving pink slips and their jobs going to lowly recruits abroad. They blame it all on outsourcing. Indeed, there are reasons for their despondency.

US Labor Union To File Landmark Trade Complaint Against China

AFX.COM | March 16, 2004

A Mexican Worker Dies Each Day

Associated Press | By JUSTIN PRITCHARD | March 14, 2004 The jobs that lure Mexican workers to the United States are killing them in a worsening epidemic that is now claiming a victim a day, an Associated Press investigation has found. Though Mexicans often take the most hazardous jobs, they are more likely than others to be killed even when doing similarly risky work.