Core labor standards in the WTO: reducing labor to a global commodity

Article Abstract:

This article discusses efforts to ensure labor rights and preserve core labor standards in the World Trade Organization, despite member governments' efforts at subversion, and emphasizing their own economic and political priorities. The author explores the functioning and regulation of the WTO, pointing out that transnational corporations do not face penalties for violating labor rights, since only governments are sanctioned by the WTO; the U.S. should be the focus of labor rights violations as well, rather than exclusively focusing on low-wage competitiors.

Standards, International aspects, Protection and preservation, Work, Work (Labor), Labor supply, Labor force

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Capitalist trade privileges and social labor rights

Article Abstract:

This article discusses the efforts to establish a social clause within the World Trade Organization. The author asserts that no international debate over this issue has thusfar existed, and suggests a model of global solidarity, emphasizing the necessity of dialogue regarding international labor rights and campaigning, and which should be opposed to and independent of the capitalist trade.

Social aspects, Analysis, Political activity, Social policy, Labor unions, Capitalism

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