CounterPunch, March 21, 2014, Friday

CounterPunch 

March 21, 2014, Friday

CounterPunch (full article)

The NAFTA Scorecard

Capital mobility has been an irresistible hammer for holding down wages and worsening job conditions — a study by Cornell University Professor Kate Bronfenbrenner found that more than 50 percent of employers made threats to shut down and/or move their facilities in response to unionization activity during the three-year period of 1993 to 1995, and that the rate of actual shutdowns tripled from the pre-NAFTA rate.