Posts tagged U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade pact
AAFA reacts to cancellation of labor rights contracts
April 1, 2025 // Among the U.S. contracts canceled were the Global Better Work Program and Better Work Global, which were designed to improve working conditions and enforce labor rights in Haiti, Jordan, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam, per the AAFA release. ILAB was the sole funder of the Better Work Haiti and Better Work Jordan programs, an AAFA spokesperson said in an email. On Tuesday, the AAFA, which represents more than 1,000 fashion industry members, also signed onto a group letter sent to the U.S. Secretary of Labor urging for the reinstatement of the recently rescinded ILAB contract to improve labor rights in the Uzbekistan cotton industry.
US files 4th labor complaint on Mexican workers’ rights
June 8, 2022 // The complaint was filed under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade pact, which requires that Mexico enforce a law that says employees are allowed to freely choose the union that represents them. For decades, undemocratic, pro-company unions kept wages in Mexico low by reaching behind-the-scenes deals with employers. U.S. Trade Representative’s Office, Teksid Hierro, Frontera, Coahuila, Monclova, Teksid, trade pact, independent labor groups,