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NAFTA 10 Years Later: Workers Continue to Be Exploited
(2003-12-23)[Excerpt] A new report by the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center on core labor standards in Mexico details an iron triangle of government officials, company managers and favored "official" unions making sweetheart contract deals ... -
NAFTA and the Mexican Economy
(2008-11-04)The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in effect since January 1994, plays a very strong role in the bilateral economic relationship between Mexico and the United States. The two countries are also closely tied ... -
NAFTA at 20: Overview and Trade Effects
(2013-02-21)[Excerpt] The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been in effect since January 1, 1994. Signed by President George H.W. Bush on December 17, 1992, and approved by Congress on November 20, 1993, the NAFTA ... -
NAFTA at 20: Overview and Trade Effects
(2014-04-28)[Excerpt] The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been in effect since January 1, 1994. Signed by President George H.W. Bush on December 17, 1992, and approved by Congress on November 20, 1993, the NAFTA ... -
NAFTA at Ten: Lessons from Recent Studies
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NAFTA Renegotiation and Modernization
(2017-10-12)The 115th Congress faces policy issues related to the Trump Administration’s renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA negotiations were first launched in 1992 under President ... -
NAFTA's Labor Side Accord: A Three-Year Accounting
(1997-07-01)[Excerpt] Any number of idealized "social charters" with universal standards and swift, powerful enforcement powers could be drafted by critics of the labor side agreement. But the NAALC was negotiated by sovereign governments ... -
NAFTA's social, economic consequences brought extremes
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NAFTA’s Labour Side Agreement and International Labour Solidarity
(2001-01-01)The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its supplemental labour pact, the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAALC), reflect the uneven advances of labour rights advocacy in connection with ... -
Nailing Down the Price of New Nonresidential Building Construction: Expanding the PPI to Include Indexes by Region and Type of Contractor
(2017-07-01)[Excerpt] In the early 2000s, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index (PPI) program began developing price indexes to cover the new nonresidential construction segment of the U.S. economy. This event was ... -
Named Professorships
(Cornell Chronicle, 2002-03-14)John M. Abowd, professor of labor economics in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and director of the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER), was named the Edmund Ezra Day Professor of Industrial ... -
Namibia: National Vocational Training Act, 1994
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Nancy Zimpher: Perceptions from an “Unusual” SUNY Trustee
(2017-07-01){Excerpt] Subject to the approval of the NYS Senate, the Governor appoints 15 people to the 18 person SUNY Board of Trustees. The other three members are the nonvoting presidents of the statewide 4-year and 2-year SUNY ... -
Nanotechnology and Environmental, Health, and Safety: Issues for Consideration
(2011-01-20)[Excerpt] Nanotechnology—a term encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology—is focused on understanding, controlling, and exploiting the unique properties of matter that can emerge at scales of one to 100 ... -
Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer
(2012-04-13)[Excerpt] Nanoscale science, engineering, and technology—commonly referred to collectively as nanotechnology—is believed by many to offer extraordinary economic and societal benefits. Congress has demonstrated continuing ... -
Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer
(2013-12-16)[Excerpt] Nanoscale science, engineering, and technology—commonly referred to collectively as nanotechnology—is believed by many to offer extraordinary economic and societal benefits. Congress has demonstrated continuing ...
