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Woodrow Wilson Center Ser.: International Defense of Workers : Labor Rights, U. S. Trade Agreements, and State Sovereignty by Kevin J. Middlebrook (2024, Hardcover)

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International Defense of Workers : Labor Rights, . Trade Agreements, and State Sovereignty, Hardcover by Middlebrook, Kevin J., ISBN 0231213425, ISBN-13 9780231213424, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book is a comprehensive and systematic examination of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, assessing its efficacy in protecting workers’ rights over the entire period it was in effect and demonstrating its broader significance for the role of trade and labor standards in . foreign policy.

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PublisherColumbia University Press

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Number of Pages608 Pages

Publication NameInternational Defense of Workers : Labor Rights, U. S. Trade Agreements, and State Sovereignty

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

SubjectLabor & Industrial Relations, International Relations / Trade & Tariffs, History & Theory, Economics / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorKevin J. Middlebrook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics

SeriesWoodrow Wilson Center Ser.

FormatHardcover

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ReviewsThe International Defense of Workers is the definitive account of how unions in Mexico, Canada, and the United States have used labor provisions in NAFTA and USMCA trade agreements to advance workers' rights in North America. Middlebrook sets this narrative within a broader analysis of trade-labor linkage globally, and tensions between state sovereignty in domestic labor law systems and demands to apply international labor norms. This magisterial work will inform and inspire new generations of scholars, students, and advocates in the international labor rights field., A thoroughly researched, clearly written, and comprehensive analysis of efforts to link labor standards to trade agreements by one of the foremost experts on Mexican labor. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the origins and content of labor provisions in North American trade agreements as well as their role in setting the agenda for U.S. trade agreements with other countries and regions., Kevin J. Middlebrook skillfully weaves together the complex story of the international defense of labor rights across the levels of state sovereignty, state-to-state trade negotiations, workers' campaigns, and practical results. Through meticulous examination of original sources and interviews with direct participants he creates a rare, balanced account of the contending positions of state and nonstate actors in the United States and Mexico. His insightful analysis illuminates this politically salient history and the continuing contestation over the international defense of workers' rights., Kevin J. Middlebrook skillfully weaves together the complex story of the international defense of labor rights across the levels of state sovereignty, state-to-state trade negotiations, workers' campaigns, and practical results. Through meticulous examination of original sources and interviews with direct participants, he creates a rare, balanced account of the contending positions of state and nonstate actors in the United States and Mexico. His insightful analysis illuminates this politically salient history and the continuing contestation over the international defense of workers' rights.

Dewey Decimal331.0110973

Table Of ContentList of Acronyms and Abbreviations 1. The International Defense of Labor Rights: Concepts, Policy Arenas, and the Challenge of State Sovereignty 2. Pathways to the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation: From Multilateral Proposals to Unilateral Actions Linking Labor Rights and Trade Agreements 3. Context and Constraints: The Origin and Negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement's Labor Rights Provisions 4. The North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation in Principle and in Practice, 1994-2020 5. Legacies of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation: Labor Rights, U.S. Free-Trade Agreements, and U.S.-Mexican Negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, 2001-2017 6. Renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement: Labor Rights and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, 2017-2019 7. Labor Rights, Trade Agreements, State Sovereignty: Past Record and Future Prospects Acknowledgments Appendix A: Statistical Analysis of U.S. Generalized System of Preferences Cases, 1985-1995 Appendix B: Annotated List of NAALC Public Communications Submitted to the Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. National Administrative Offices (NAOs), 1994-2020 Appendix C: Annotated List of Public Submissions to the U.S. Office of Trade and Labor Affairs (OTLA), 2008-2016 Appendix D: Annotated List of Rapid Response Mechanism Petitions Concerning Mexico Submitted to the U.S. Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement, 2021-2022 Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisInternational trade agreements have often been criticized for limited attention to the rights of workers. The North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC), a side agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), stands out for linking labor rights provisions to a U.S. trade agreement. Kevin J. Middlebrook provides a comprehensive and systematic examination of the NAALC, assessing its efficacy in protecting workers' rights over the entire period it was in effect and demonstrating its broader significance for the role of trade and labor standards in U.S. foreign policy. Placing the NAALC in comparative context, Middlebrook considers various ways of promoting workers' rights and how other U.S. international trade agreements have influenced labor rights abroad. He investigates the origins of the agreement; the political controversies among Canada, Mexico, and the United States over its scope; how the agreement operated in practice; and its longer-term policy legacies. Middlebrook emphasizes the tension between state sovereignty and the international promotion of labor rights in the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements, as well as how labor movements in one partner country can galvanize action in others. Drawing on interviews with high-level officials involved in the trade negotiations and previously unexamined primary sources, The International Defense of Workers is a groundbreaking analysis of the effects of U.S. trade agreements on labor rights., This book is a comprehensive and systematic examination of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, assessing its efficacy in protecting workers' rights over the entire period it was in effect and demonstrating its broader significance for the role of trade and labor standards in U.S. foreign policy.

LC Classification NumberHD6971.8.M54 2024