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NAFTA threatens American jobs

Published 07/31/08 Dustin Ensinger - Print Article
E-mail - editor@economyincisis.org

American steelworkers in danger of losing their jobs because of proposed free trade agreements voiced their displeasure Wednesday by staging a protest. The proposed agreement would strike yet another blow for U.S. manufacturing jobs by exporting them south of the border.

Continued participation in NAFTA and other free trade agreements encourages domestic companies to outsource jobs to Mexico and South American countries with substantially lower environmental and working standards. This destructive race to the bottom leaves countless citizens unemployed and the nation's industries unable to compete.


Source journalgazette.net:

Steelworkers are protesting because of the support shown by Souder, R-3rd, of recent free-trade agreements with Peru and Chile. The union said the agreements lacked protection for workers and the environment.

“If companies operating in the U.S. must obey these rules, then it’s unfair competition when foreign firms don’t,” the statement said.

Souder said in a written statement that he has long opposed the North American Free Trade Agreement, and if he had been in Congress when the law was passed, he would have voted against it.

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