Mexico Free Trade Agreement, 1988-1995

File — Box: 16, Folder: 25

Scope and Contents

See also NAFTA; see also Import Task Force; see also ILGWU Legislative Department Memo re media strategy for NYC NAFTA campaign, October 18, 1993; script of video taping of Mazur for Donahue show, July 20, 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re talking points for meeting re North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Newsday editorial board, June 8, 1993; memo from Mazur to Newsday editorial board with attached policy papers in advance of meeting, June 16, 1993, including “The NAFTA Illusion,” presented at a congressional briefing by the Economic Policy Institute on March 25, 1993; letter from Mazur to editor of Newsday summarizing points made at meeting re NAFTA, July 23, 1993; report to Mazur and Dubrow re conference on U.S.-Mexico Free Trade, January 18, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re meeting with Mexican opposition leader Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, outlining issues to discuss re trade, immigration, labor movement, with biographical sketch, February 8, 1991; statement on United States-Mexico Economic Relations submitted by Jay Mazur before the Subcommittee on Trade, House Ways & Means Committee, June 25, 1990; “The Economic Effects of a United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement on the U.S. Apparel Industry,” statement by Herman Starobin, research director, ILGWU, before the International Trade Commission, April 12, 1991; draft statements by AFL-CIO Executive Council: on U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement, February 1991; on U.S. Employer Interference in Mexican Law Enforcement, February 1992; on Free and Fair Elections in Mexico, February 1994; Remarks by Morton Bahr, President, Communication Workers of America, Houston Forum Club, Houston, Texas, against trade agreement with Mexico, January 23, 1991; AFL-CIO News press releases: “Mexican Loan Terms Stick Workers with Tab,” January 13, 1995, and “AFL-CIO Calls for Return of Peso ‘Windfall’ to Workers,” January 24, 1995; AFL-CIO News radio script for secretary-treasurer Donahue against Mexico trade agreement, February 6, 1991; News UAW press release: “UAW President Blasts Big Three on U.S.-Mexico Trade Pact,” February 8, 1991; transcript of remarks by NY Governor Mario Cuomo at National Press Club in support of Mexico free trade agreement, February 21, 1991; Harvard Business Review article, “Mexico – Opening Ahead of Eastern Europe,” September-October 1990; Foreign Labor Trends report for Mexico, 1991-92, released by the U.S. Department of Labor, prepared by the American Embassy in Mexico City; report by Council on Foreign Relations, “Debt and the Restructuring of Mexico,” October 17, 1988; letter to Mazur from the director of the Latin American Program of the Council on Foreign Relations inviting him to a panel discussion, “The Chiapas Rebellion and the Future of Mexico,” February 10, 1994; newspaper clippings

Dates

1988-1995

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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