NAFTA: Ten Years of Broken Promises

The North American Free Trade Agreement was supposed to raise living standards for both American and Mexican workers. Instead America has lost jobs by the thousands and Mexican workers are being exploited. Now the Bush Administration wants to extend the same types of agreements to the rest of Latin America, China and India. Tell Congress not to accept these exploitive agreements. (Running time - 9:28)

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Labor
• Unions
• Trade
• Politics
• NAFTA
• Economy

[dave777blaster]

Look any Country that sends its jobs off shore and then fails to slap duties on the products coming back ? Well that country doesn't deserve to survive.

[hajqbvii]

The wages for the mexicans may have gone down but also the americans too. Subsidized workers in factories earn half of what union workers right next to him is earning, with no benefits! This keeps heading towards putting us into 3rd World LABOR FORCE status.

[jmjfanss]

@JonahTorn

Plus NAFTA was the foundation for the north american union.

[JonahTorn]

The eleven point side agreement to NAFTA was put forward a Bill Clintons Solution to allow freedom of association witch includes unions regardless of status which was supposed to imply legal or illegal immigration status. But if you can't legally be employed in the country that doe not help and if you are a legal guest worker that is way to vague. If I am wrong on my facts please correct me. I do my best to understand, but NAFTA seems to be the real problem not the poor in the 3 countries.

[bobbygnosis]

Other than the overall state of affairs getting poorer on all sides, yeah. That shit's fucked up, son.

Killuminati!

Wu Tang!

[cbreeze123]

Our government is probably making a profit off of this project also. They are all working together. Greed is going to destroy this country.

[grassyknollblues]

What I find so bad is that BOTH side sold us this bill of goods. I do wish I was educated about this a little more. Can anyone point me in a better direction that is not either left or right, but truthful?

[kelim92]

"So, does anybody want to DO something?"

Start your own business. Shop from local farmers and your local community.

[kelim92]

"wh aren't these congressmen/women, not puting these ceo's in jail or at least fining them? the have the power to do so. what are the waiting for? they are all the same, liars."

Because they all work for the same team. Their's.

[TeamsterPower]

Oh, we give plenty of responsibility to Bill Clinton. No question. He did not consult Labor and did not put any labor protections into this agreement, which does more to benefit the investing class than the working class.