Is Anything Ever Free: NAFTA's Effect on Union Organizing Drives and Minorities and the Potential of FTAA Having a Similar Effect (Comment)

摘要

This comment will discuss the negative impact that NAFTA has had on union organizing, and the resulting impact on minority and women workers. The argument is that NAFTA should not be used as the only model for FTAA, given the problems it has created for labor union organizing drives, minorities, and women. Other alternatives, including subsequent enhancements to NAFTA, can be utilized as the basis for FTAA, which will protect minority workers' ability to remain fairly paid, safe, and secure in their jobs in an expanded free trading bloc.