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New AFL-CIO TPP Report Highlights Lack of Worker Protections
[url]http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/New-AFL-CIO-TPP-Report-Highlights-Lack-of-Worker-Protections[/url]
A new report released today shows how the Trans-Pacific Partnership lacks adequate labor rights provisions. AFL-CIO Director of International Affairs Cathy Feingold explained the problem:
The consistency plans fall woefully short of ensuring that all 12 TPP countries will be in full compliance with the TPP’s labor standard on Day One of the agreement. Vietnam will get a five-year free pass to deny freedom of association and there is no plan for Mexico at all. This problem would be compounded if countries such as Thailand and Cambodia join the TPP without first affording all of their workers fundamental worker rights and acceptable conditions of work.
Read the full report in PDF: http://www.aflcio.org/content/download/174525/4153892/file/1628_TPPLaborRightsReport.pdf
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