Site Map Icon
RSS Feed icon
 
 
 

Today in Labor History

July 1, 1956
In what was to be a month-long strike, 650,000 steelworkers shut down the industry while demanding a number of wage and working-condition improvements. ~ Labor Tribune

Member Login
Username:

Password:


Not registered yet?
Click Here to sign-up

Forgot Your Login?
  Member Resources  
     



UnionActive Newswire
 
Join the Newswire!
Updated: Jul. 01 (18:04)

By-Laws Vote 2025 - Passed!
New Mexico Hospital Workers Union
Vote Yes On The FVR Library Levy Lid Lift!
Southwest Washington Central Labor Council
9,000+ Philadelphia City Employees Are On Strike
Teamsters Local 355
Now Accepting Photo Submissions for the 2026 Union Calendar
Teamsters Local 231
Amended: Sad News - Brother David Gaboriault has passed.
IATSE Local B4
9,000+ Philadelphia City Employees Are On Strike
Teamsters Local 992
 
     

‘New’ NAFTA Fails Workers on Both Sides of Border
Updated On: Aug 19, 2019
Aug. 19, 2019 | ECONOMY | When an American corporation, GM or Nabisco or Carrier, builds a factory in Mexico, NAFTA protects the company from tariffs when it imports the Mexican-made cars or Oreos or furnaces back into the United States. And in Mexico, the company can pollute freely, pay workers as little as $2 an hour, and establish company-controlled unions so workers can’t bargain for more. American workers get fired; Mexican workers get exploited. It’s a lose-lose for workers. This is why the USW, and the rest of organized labor, opposes the proposed new NAFTA. Without meaningful enforcement provisions, corporations will continue to invest in Mexico while closing American factories so they can get away with mistreating workers and the environment… Our Future
 
 
Teamsters Local 992
Copyright © 2025, All Rights Reserved.
Powered By UnionActive™
Visit Unions-America.com!

Top of Page image