Weekly News Items May 5
Canada losing to Mexico in investment, Palestine and repression, manipulated surveys, government will investigate lack of new collective bargaining agreements, and GMO corn.
Labor
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A Strategic Cross-Border Labor Alliance
A relationship between a U.S. and a Mexican union, forged in the face of NAFTA, has borne fruit over decades of struggle. Two leaders reflect on the importance of international solidarity.
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SNTE, 80 Years of Corruption & Corporatism
Avila Camacho’s government created it to control teachers, who were heavily influenced by the Communist Party, highlights expert.
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Fair Trade Labels? Certified Exploitation
Fair trade labeling originated with Oaxacan small scale farmers, but now years of “fairwashing” have produced a label that papers over worker abuse to benefit agribusiness.
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Weekly News Items Feb 3
The re-invigoration of the SME trade union, a calculated and coordinated smear against AMLO with Yankee origins, Xóchitl Gálvez dogged by Mexican migrant protestors during US visit, water issues, violence in Chiapas.
