NAFTA at 20

[ABFwife]

This is a pretty big PDF file but worth taking the time to read.

NAFTA at 20

One Million U.S. Jobs Lost, Mass Displacement and Instability in Mexico, Record Income Inequality, Scores of Corporate Attacks on Environmental and Health Laws

http://www.citizen.org/documents/NAFTA-at-20.pdf

[Spaghetti]

This is a pretty big PDF file but worth taking the time to read.



http://www.citizen.org/documents/NAFTA-at-20.pdf

Here, this one is shorter and easier to read.

NAFTA at 20: State of the North American Worker - FPIF

[ABFwife]

Thanks. I did rather like the pdf file too because it has it all divided up in chapters by topic.

[fxstc07]

So is it safe to say that NAFTA has benefited corporations the most ?
What a surprise again that corporate American has influenced the politicians for this gift.
We don't need clean air or water ... and the corporations need less restrictions so they will provide all those good paying jobs ... yea right.

[222lifer]

Had the pleasure of picking up freight at a long time YRC customer today. I haven't seen them in about a year. You may know them. Levolor/Kirsch Mfg. They make window treatments. They have a manufacturing plant in Ogden Utah....Or should I say they did. They shipped 170 jobs off to Mexico last year. All that remains are warehouse workers. The fellow that loaded me saw his wife lose her job. She was in manufacturing. The company did the usual remorseful bit in the local newspaper. Short stroking the Ogden residents how this was necessary and would benefit all. What a crock! Here is an example of what free trade has to offer.

The daily routine
Working in a maquiladora means long hours, short breaks and little to no vacation time.

Neftali leaves his house for Levolor each morning at 5 a.m. and comes home at 7 p.m. to help his aunt with daily chores and dinner.

The average worker will earn a little over $1 an hour working on an assembly line constructing blinds that Americans buy for hundreds of dollars at large building supply stores in the U.S.

Until six years ago, Levolor was located primarily in the U.S.

http://cronkitezine.asu.edu/dividedf...quiladora.html