US Unions, Trade and International Solidarity: Emerging Issues and Tactics

Steven Hecker
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Steven Hecker: University of Oregon

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 1993, vol. 14, issue 3, 355-367

Abstract: This article examines the current international solidarity activities of US unions in the context of their campaign against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the decline of union strength. Unions have linked with environmental, consumer, agricultural and other groups in challenging the premises and predicted impacts of the NAFTA. A grass-roots trinational campaign has developed involving similar groups in Canada and Mexico. Obstacles to the success of these activities are discussed, as are crossborder collective bargaining efforts by US unions. The article assesses union goals in trade agreements and the potential for attaining these under a Clinton presidency.

Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X93143005

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