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NAFTA and Labor in North America (Working Class in American History)

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Description for NAFTA and Labor in North America (Working Class in American History) paperback. A cogent analysis of North American trade unions' precipitous decline in recent decades Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.

As companies increasingly look to the global market for capital, cheaper commodities and labor, and lower production costs, the impact on Mexican and American workers and labor unions is significant. National boundaries and the laws of governments that regulate social relations between laborers and management are less relevant in the era of globalization, rendering ineffective the traditional union strategies of pressuring the state for reform.

Focusing especially on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (the first international labor agreement linked to an international trade agreement), Norman Caulfield notes the waning ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
The Working Class in American History
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076701
SKU
V9780252076701
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About Norman Caulfield
Norman Caulfield is a professor of history at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas; the former acting director of research for the Secretariat of the Commission for Labor Cooperation; and the author of Mexican Workers and the State: From the Porfiriato to NAFTA.

Reviews for NAFTA and Labor in North America (Working Class in American History)
Received the Harvey Johnson Best Book Award from the Southwest Council on Latin American Studies (SCOLAS), 2011. "Caulfield is uniquely qualified to analyze the impact of NAFTA on North American workers, having researched labor issues at the Secretariat of the Commission for Labor Cooperation. . . . Highly recommended."
Choice  "A very important, timely book. This study has monumental ... Read more

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