Fair trade and standard setting: a labor rights perspetive

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This article discusses the role of trade unions from India in blocking the incorporation in the World Trade Organization of labor rights standards set and controlled by northern industrial governments and transnational corporations. The author argues that Indian unionists view the imposition of arbitrary WTO standards as threating employment and inevitably contributing to protectionism; worker rights should be protected without threats of trade sanctions.

India, Standards, International business enterprises, Multinational corporations, Social policy, World Trade Organization, Labor supply, Labor force, Labor unions, Employee rights, Free trade

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National security or international solidarity?

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This article discusses the effects of globalization on the wages and conditions of workers, which labor unions seem unable to protect. Issues include third world countries efforts to manage workers' conditions, the lack of global policies to protect the poor, international labor migration and the increasing economic insecurity of U.S. workers.

International aspects, National security, Labor mobility, Solidarity

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Public employees confront the perils of privatization

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The internationally negative effects of privatization on public employees is examined. Topics include private sector's unintentional mismanagement of public workers, workforce reduction due to privatization restructuring, and how international trends of privatization can impact the US labor force.

Statistical Data Included, Economic aspects, Industrial policy, Privatization, Privatization (Business), Public service employment, Public employees, Government employees

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