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Document that new trade deals will NOT add to trade deficit Document the likely net effect on overall employment Document the net effect on pay and living standards Ensure no diminishment of consumer protections Ensure that all trading partners comply with ILO principles and conventions Ensure that environmental standards are not degraded and are enforceable Ensure that these social goals are enforceable Ensure that Congress plays a meaningful role in setting and enforcing priorities on the USTR
TPP Countries Not Adopting Either Convention U.S., Vietnam, Brunei TPP Countries Not Adopting Freedom of Association U.S. Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore TPP Countries Not Adopting Right to Organize and Collectively Bargain U.S., Vietnam, Brunei, Canada
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Employers are now twice more likely to use ten or more coercive tactics in their anti-union campaigns than they were before the adoption of NAFTA in Employer threats made during organizing campaigns to close plants if workers voted for a union rose from 29% in the mid- 1980s to 50% in the two years following the adoption of NAFTA to 57% during the mid-2000s. Actual plant closings where these threats were made following union elections rose from 2% to 15% during this period. While there are many reasons for plant closings, the incentives to off-shore jobs and investment due to trade agreements are clearly important. The example of the movement of auto-assembly plants from the U.S. to Mexico is well documented. Source: Kate Bronfenbrenner, “No Holds Barred: The Intensification of Employer Opposition to Organizing, American Rights at Work and Economic Policy Institute, 2009
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