Sustaining workers’ bargaining power in an age of globalization
By Mark Barenberg,
October 9, 2009
EPI Briefing Paper #246
Sustaining workers' bargaining power in an age of globalization —
Institutions for the meaningful enforcement of international labor rights
by Mark Barenberg
Professor of Law, Columbia University, New York
Time after time, the labor-rights provisions of trade deals like NAFTA and CAFTA fail the workers they were designed to protect. This EPI Briefing Paper, released as part of its Agenda for Shared Prosperity, lays out a plan to remedy this problem.
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