NAFTA, 1993

File — Box: 17, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

Letter to Congressional Black Caucus chairman Kweisi Mfume from ILGWU vp and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow thanking him for opposing NAFTA, noting need for president to renegotiate Mexican agreement, June 29, 1993; letter to Mfume from AFL-CIO Department of Legislation director Robert McGlotten thanking him for opposing NAFTA, June 24, 1993; fact sheet, “Partial Response to USTR Assertions that ‘NAFTA Creates Jobs and Improves Our Competitiveness’”; USTR document, with assertions; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re inadequacy of NAFTA related retraining act, proposed by the Clinton Administration, October 28; AFL-CIO position papers re NAFTA, March 11; statement by Starobin to the House Ways and Means Committee subcommittee on trade, September 15; memo to Mazur and Starobin from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow, forwarding memo from Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s office with Congressional Research Service analysis of number of women in manufacturing jobs to be affected by NAFTA, July 22; Mazur talking points for Newsday interview re NAFTA, June 8; letters to U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor from UAW president Owen Bieber and AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue expressing concern over administration’s failure to protect labor standards under NAFTA, June 15 and 17; confidential memo from Economic Policy Institute, with attached memo sent to top political aides of the Clinton Administration warning of political hazards of following Bush NAFTA policy, May 10; EPI Journal newsletter, August; AFL-CIO fact sheet: “Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics: The Economics of NAFTA,” September 13; AFL-CIO analyses of the NAFTA Side Accord on Labor, August 23 and 26; “NAFTA and New York: Not Made for Each Other,” by Jay Mazur; Clinton Administration Statement on the North American Free Trade Agreement, “The NAFTA: Expanding U.S. Exports, Jobs and Growth,” with cover letter from USTR Mickey Kantor; letter from UAW president Owen Bieber to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich rebuking him for stereotyping and attacking organized labor, September 6; press release from Rep. Dick Gephart with text of speech outlining why he would vote against NAFTA, delivered to the National Press Club, September 21; confidential memo to Mazur from Alan Howard re NAFTA strategy, projects for staying on offensive, September 22; memo from Dubrow to ILGWU NAFTA Task Force, outlining talking points from an AFL-CIO briefing and related AFL materials, Q&A list for lobbying members of Congress, Democratic National Committee resolution (adopted March 23, 1991) opposing NAFTA, September 21; fact sheets from Canadian Environmental Law Association on impact of NAFTA on the environment, the democratic process, and workplace health and safety, September 17; testimony by Dubrow before Rep. John Spratt’s subcommittee hearing on Customs operations and transshipments, October 8; preliminary and recorded roll call vote of Congress on NAFTA, n.d.; letter from President Clinton to Rep. Spratt, discussing congressman’s concerns re NAFTA’s impact on textiles and apparel regulations, November 16; ILGWU statement on international labor solidarity; newspaper clippings

Dates

1993

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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