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- Topic 200 FREE TRADE LABOR EVENTS/NEWS/RESOU
- labornotes apc.labour 9:13 am Aug 28, 1992
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- NORTH AMERICAN WORKER-TO-WORKER NETWORK
- FREE TRADE MAILING
- 7435 Michigan Ave.
- Detroit, MI 48210
- (313) 842-6262
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- NEW RESOURCES
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- * Mask of Democracy: Labor Suppression in Mexico Today, by Dan La
- Botz, is a must for activists interested in Mexico. The book
- explores Mexican labor movement history, the legal system, and the
- human cost of export-led development and unregulated free trade. A
- look at practical application of labor rights in Mexico where
- unemployment is 30% (excluding underemployment) and unions are
- state controlled. 227pp. $14 plus $2 shipping. Order from ILRERF,
- 100 Maryland Ave., NE, Box 74, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: (202)
- 544-7198/ Fax (202) 543-5999. E-mail via PeaceNet: laborrights.
-
- * A 44-page summary of the newly negotiated NAFTA from the
- International Trade Office is available for $5.00 pre-paid from
- Labor Notes, 7435 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48210. Tel: 313-842-
- 6262.
-
- * "Unions and Free Trade: Solidarity vs. Competition" is an
- excellent 88-page book by Kim Moody and Mary McGinn of Labor Notes
- analyzing transnational companies corporate agenda for North
- America, its impact on working people, and what labor can do to
- fight back. Special chapters on auto, telecommunications, and
- airline industries. Also available is "Free Trade Organizer's
- Packet", a handy resource of materials and contacts for working on
- NAFTA issues with local unions. Book is $7 plus $2 postage;
- Organizer's Packet $3. Write: Labor Notes, 7435 Michigan Ave.,
- Detroit, MI 48210. Tel: (313) 842-6262.
-
- * "Stepan Chemical: The Poisoning of a Mexican Community" is an
- 18- minute video documenting the joint efforts of the citizens of
- Matamoros, Mexico and the U.S. based Coalition for Justice in the
- Maquiladoras to fight exploitation from multinational corporations
- across the U.S.-Mexico border. A must-see for activists opposing
- NAFTA. Available in English or Spanish. $20 plus shipping. C.J.M.
- 3120 W. Ashby, San Antonio, TX 78228. Tel: (512) 732-8957.
-
- * "What's The Cost Of Your Blouse?" by Sydney Brown and Betty
- McAfee is an 18-minute video depicting economic justice issues in
- the workplace in the U.S. and Mexico. Focus on women garment
- workers in California Bay Area, El Paso, Texas and the
- maquiladoras. Project of the Northern California Interfaith
- Council. $29.95 plus tax and shipping. Open Window Images/NCIC
- 1921 Oregon St., Berkeley, CA 94703. Tel: (415) 857-0870.
-
- * "Trade News," daily update on NAFTA and GATT, published by the
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Available from IATP,
- 1313 Fifth St., SE, Suite #303, Minneapolis, MN 55414-1516. Tel:
- (612) 379-5982 or on email on Peacenet under trade.news.
-
- * "U.S.-Mexico Trade: Assessment of Mexico's Environmental
- Controls for New Companies," a report from the U.S. General
- Accounting Office concludes there is widespread failure by U.S.
- companies operating in Mexico to comply with Mexico's
- environmental regulations. (Reference: GAO-GGD 92-113). To order
- call GAO office: (202) 275-6241.
-
- * Cross Border Links directory includes addresses, contact
- persons, and descriptions of 260 key environmental, labor,
- citizens, government, and research organizations working on issues
- of NAFTA and economic integration. Essential to activist
- networking. $11.95 plus $2.50 shipping. Resource Center, PO Box
- 4506, Albuquerque, NM 87196. Tel: (505) 842-8288. Fax: (505)
- 246-1601.
-
- * "Solidarity: Fast Track to Decline?" is a 16-page booklet
- produced by the United Auto Workers (UAW) on NAFTA, effects on
- Mexican and U.S. wages and jobs, and alternatives. Available for
- free from UAW Public Relations Dept., 8000 E. Jefferson, Detroit,
- MI 48214.
-
- * "Sabotage of the America's Health, Food and Safety Laws" poster
- denounces attacks on international labor and health and safety
- laws. Signed by environmental organizations. Order from Citizen
- Trade Watch Campaign.(202)775-0531
-
- * "Questions and Answers About Free Trade" produced by the
- International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) is a two-page
- leaflet answering basic questions about free trade and its impact
- on working people. Order from ILGWU, 660 Howard, San Francisco, CA
- 94105, tel: (415) 543-9990.
-
- * FIRR Notes, a new publication by Federation for Industrial
- Retention & Renewal. June issue devoted to background on economic
- arguments of free trade. Next issue to cover the do's and don't of
- organizing around issues of free trade. Contact FIRR, 3411 W.
- Diversey, Ste.10, Chicago, IL 60647. Tel: (312) 252-7676/Fax (312)
- 278-5918.
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- * "The Effect of George Bush's NAFTA on American Workers: Ladder
- Up or Ladder Down?" a study released by the Economic Policy
- Institute, concluded that NAFTA will result in lower wages, fewer
- jobs and reduced living standards for majority of U.S. workers,
- and is a longterm incentive for U.S. corporations to pursue a
- low-wage solution to global competition, rather than producing
- quality products more efficiently. $5 from Public Interest
- Publications. Tel: (800) 537-9359.
-
- * "Coming to Terms with Trade," views by environmentalists,
- consumer advocates and labor help untangle the mystifying
- intricacies of GATT, NAFTA and the Uruguay Round. Article appeared
- in Summer 1992 Environmental Action, 6930 Carroll Ave, 6th Fl.,
- Takoma Park, Maryland 20912. Tel: (301) 891-1100.
-
- * BusinessWeek, August 10, 1992 cover story, "The Global Economy:
- Who Gets Hurt," highlighted how trade affects wages and fuels
- income inequality in the U.S.
-
- * "Border Trouble: Rivers in Peril," is an excellent report on
- water pollution from industrial development along the U.S./Mex
- border, published by the National Toxics Campaign. $5. Contact
- Craig Merrilees, Fair Trade Campaign, 425 Mississippi St., San
- Francisco, CA 94107. Tel: (415) 826-6314.
-
- * "Maquiladoras: A Broken Promise," is a collection of stories
- from news articles about accidents, fires, and problems in plants
- in Matamoros area. Contact Ed Feigen, AFL-CIO, 815 16th St. NW,
- Rm. 807, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: (202) 637-5187.
-
- * Packets available on: Events in Seattle, Kansas City and Houston
- (August); EPA/SEDUE hearings along the border (September); and
- articles/clippings on the maquiladoras. $1 per packet from
- Benedictine Resource Center, 530 Bandera Rd., San Antonio, TX
- 78228.
-
- * Mexico Biannual 1989-1990, by Philip Russell summarizes events
- and trends of the first two years of Salinas Administration.
- Topics include: Human Rights, Debt, Free Trade, Labor, U.S.-Mexico
- Relations. Free updates for professors adopting this book as a
- text. $9.95 plus $2.50 shipping. Order from Mexico Resource
- Center, Box 7547, Austin, TX 78713.
-
- * "Economic Restructuring an Rural Subsistence in Mexico: Maize
- and the Crisis of the 1980s," by Cynthia Hewitt de Alcantara
- published by the United Nations Research Institute for Social
- Development examines the potential impact of NAFTA to liberalize
- corn exports. The report concludes that resulting low prices
- would greatly accelerate rural poverty and Mexican emigration.
- Order from UNRISD, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Tel: (41-22)
- 798-8400/ Fax (41-22) 740-0791.
-
- * Publications on free trade available from the Ecumenical
- Coalition for Economic Justice, a project of Canadian churches
- assisting popular groups in the struggle for economic justice.
- Recently released, "U.S. Trade Strategy: Do as we say; Not as we
- Do." Economic Justice Report, Vol.III, No. 2, 4/1992(4pp.) Contact
- ECEJ, 11 Madison Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5R 2S2. Tel: (416) 921-
- 4615.
-
- * U.S.-Mexico Free Trade From the Bottom: A Postcard From the
- Border, and From Tennessee to Tamaulipas (a one-act play), both
- creative writings about cross-border solidarity by Frances Lee
- Ansley and Tennessee Industrial Retention and Renewal Network.
- Includes a report of the group's investigation of
- deindustrialization in the U.S. and trip to the Mexican border:
- Who went, why they went, and what they found in their search.
- Published in the Texas Journal of Women and the Law, Vol.1 Spring
- 1992. Contact TIRRN, 1515 E. Magnolia, Suite 408, Knoxville, TN
- 37917. Tel: (615) 637-1576.
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