Free trade and trade unions of the Americas. Strategies, practices, struggle, achievements

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Hauptverfasser: AK Wien (Herausgebendes Organ), Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien (Herausgebendes Organ), Ciccaglione, Bruno (VerfasserIn), Global Labor Strategies (VerfasserIn)
Format: Monograph
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: AK Wien 2009
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Global Labor Strategies
  • Contents
  • Abstract
  • 1. Trade Policies facing the global economic crises
  • 1.1 Free trade as part of the neoliberal policies
  • 1.2 Trade Unions asymmetries
  • 2. Positioning on FTAs: some cases
  • 2.1 The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
  • 2.2 The AFL-CIO
  • 2.3 Mexican Trade Unions and more
  • 2.4 The CUT Brazil
  • 3. Trade Union Instruments and strategies to face FTAs: achievements and problems
  • 3.1 Participation in negotiations
  • 3.2 Social clauses
  • 3.3 Lobbying Campaigns
  • 3.4 Cross-border Trade Union Alliances
  • 3.5 Building alliances with other social movements
  • 3.6 Mobilization
  • 3.7 Developing a vision for a new trade system: fair trade and regional integration
  • 4. Conclusions and recommendations for Europe
  • Bibliography/Web Links - Interviewed Partners