ECONOMIC NOTES NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
http://www.LaborResearch.org Oct. 25, 2001 Trade and the Global Economy As the U.S. government wages a global war on terrorism, the global assault on workers' rights and the environment continues (Oct. 25, 2001) The Bush administration and corporate elites are hoping to push ahead with a trade agenda that will lead to job losses at home and further weaken labor and environmental standards around the world. Unions and other opponents of the corporate trade agenda, however, are fighting hard to defeat them. http://www.laborresearch.org/dis.shtml?fastrack_jobs.txt Report U.S. Businesses Exploiting Cheap Labor Imported Under State Department Cultural Exchange Visa Program (Oct. 24, 2001) There's nothing surprising about a company desiring cheap labor. The goal of any business is to cut costs and increase profits. And employers typically complain that labor is one of the biggest expenses, so they're always looking for ways to pay workers less. That's why a Houston-based non-union electrical contractor, Integrated Electrical Services (IES), must have been excited to learn about USA International Training (USA-IT), a Maryland-based international staffing and personnel management company advertising highly-skilled, hardworking foreign electricians for $15 per hour. But as the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) found out, these foreign electricians were being exploited under a US cultural exchange program that was being used as a pipeline for importing cheap labor. http://www.laborresearch.org/dis.shtml?j1abuse.txt ============================================= A Cornell University-ILR School Breakfast Round Table for Union Officers, Staff, Stewards, Organizers and Activists: "The New Faces of American Workers and the Future of Organized Labor" Friday, November 9 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Cornell ILR School 16 East 34th Street, NYC cost: $10.00 (Make checks payable to "Cornell-ILR School." Includes coffee, tea, juice and bagels.) Please join us to explore the ramifications of the demographic trends revealed by our nation's latest census. What does the census data tell us about the current and future shape of the American political and economic landscape? What are the repercussions for organized laborĖs drive to rebuild, revitalize and attract new members? The forum will be organized around a panel comprised of three presenters: 1. Maria Echaveste will speak on Immigration Policy Today. Maria is a former Clinton Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff and Director of the U.S. Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division. 2. Juan Gonzalez will address The Latino Upsurge. Juan is a longtime New York DAILY NEWS columnist, the author of several books and a labor and community social justice activist who chairs the NEWS' Newspaper Guild unit. 3. Greg Tarpinian will discuss The Makeup of Today's Working Class. Greg is the Executive Director of the New York City-based Labor Research Association. Please RSVP to 212-340-2856 or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ ___________________________________________________________ Labor Research Association 330 West 42nd St., 13th Fl. New York, NY 10036 Tel: (212) 714-1677, Fax: (212) 714-1674 E-mail: Internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.laborresearch.org http://www.lraconsulting.com
