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SL-China FTA to allow skilled workers here
17-May-2015
A storm is brewing over renewed negotiation of the proposed Indo-Sri Lanka Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi threw the ball in the Sri Lankan court saying India was interested in finalising this agreement.
TUC’s Owen Tudor: ’We are totally opposed to TTIP’
24-Apr-2015 EurActiv
Shrouded with secrecy and posing a threat to public services, Owen Tudor tells EurActiv why the UK Trade Union Congress doesn’t believe the hype over TTIP, and why exploitation, rather than immigration, should be the cause of people’s concerns.
105 Colombian trade unionists killed in 4 years: NGO
20-Apr-2015 Telesur
Colombia’s National Union School presented a report to the US Congress denouncing the killing of at least 105 trade unionists since the implementation of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
Unions calling for halt on TPP trade
16-Apr-2015 Dynamic Business
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for the federal government to halt all negotiations on “the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal”, saying that the leaked proposals could see the price of medicines rise and foreign companies given rights to sue the Government.
NAFTA increased mass migration to the United States
26-Mar-2015 Criterio
After Mexico, the United States and Canada signed the FTA, in the agricultural sector alone five million workers lost their jobs in Mexico and they were forced to migrate.
Unions to fight trade pact by freezing political donations
11-Mar-2015 Wall Street Journal
Dozens of major labor unions plan to freeze campaign contributions to members of Congress to pressure them to oppose fast-track trade legislation sought by President Barack Obama , according to labor officials.
Time for Menendez to stand against TPP for the sake of Latinos nationwide
11-Mar-2015 Roll Call
The TPP would displace 1.2 million workers across Mexico and the Caribbean and nearly 170,000 in the US, according to Mary O’Rourke, an industry analyst.
TTIP or the disintegration of the EU
10-Mar-2015 Estrella Digital
Ecologistas en Acción and ‘No al TTIP’ consider that the EU-US trade agreement will mean reductions in labor rights and these will be justified by “cost reduction based on the anti-trade union policy of the US – that has not ratified ILO conventions – and on labor reforms imposed by the Troika”.
The TTIP will lead to 600 000 job losses in the EU
8-Mar-2015 No al TTIP
A study presented in the European Parliament predicted that the controversial agreement that Brussels and Washington are negotiating behind closed doors would bring about losses in jobs, economic capacity, salaries as well as exports.
UPDATE: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): A charter for deregulation, an attack on jobs, an end to democracy
27-Feb-2015 RLS
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung have today released an updated version of their publication on TTIP by John Hilary.
TiSA must include a gold-standard clause to protect public services
13-Feb-2015 EurActiv
European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions pushes for a compromise: a clause which would clearly exclude as widely as possible public services from the scope of TiSA.
We don’t need the TTIP!
9-Feb-2015 La Libre
The heads of the two main Francophone Belgian unions express their clear reservation on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Report: US trade and migration policies feed crisis in Honduras
28-Jan-2015 National Catholic Reporter
Failed trade and migration policies of the United States have exacerbated political problems in Honduras, leading to greater poverty and violence, says a recent report by the AFL-CIO.
German workers warn auto bosses not to compromise rights in TTIP
27-Jan-2015 Reuters
Union representatives at Germany’s largest carmakers including Daimler and Volkswagen warned auto bosses and politicians on Tuesday not to water down labour rights in negotiations for a transatlantic trade deal.
Unions intensifying attacks on new emerging free-trade pact
13-Jan-2015 Associated Press
Just over two decades after lobbying unsuccessfully against the North American Free Trade Agreement, US labor unions are again voicing strong reservations to a proposed major trade-liberalization deal.
International treaties that loom against the rights of the working class (I): TTIP
8-Jan-2015 Rebelión
The context of negotiations, the origins of the TTIP and its new model of labor relations.
Analysis shows TTIP consequences insignificant for Slovenia
7-Jan-2015 STA
Preliminary findings of an analysis of potential trade liberalisation with the US show that consequences for Slovenia’s economy would be relatively small but mostly negative, eliminating jobs in the private sector.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and labour
30-Dec-2014 European Parliament
Negotiations on the labour provisions in TTIP will start in 2015. This briefing for the European Parliament highlights some of the issues.
The TTIP’s impact on labour rights: the chronicle of an anticipated disaster
9-Dec-2014 El Diario
Social dumping and a regulatory race to the bottom are the first consequences that are forecast, of we know so far of the TTIP – the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and the European Union.
Modalities for investment protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in TTIP from a trade union perspective
21-Nov-2014 FES
This study discusses the impact of investment protection on social and labour regulation and the autonomy of the social partners in regulating these matters through collective agreements.