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Sunday, May 13, 2007 |
TPMCafe: "Even with few details released, the one thing that has come out of the announcement of the trade deal between Dem leadership and Bush is an admission by US corporate leadership that US law does not meet minimum international human rights standards, as embodied by the International Labor Organization (ILO):
'The US Chamber of Commerce welcomed the bipartisan deal, saying it would secure support for Congressional approval of the four pending bilateral trade agreements... [Said Tom Donohue, president and chief executive of the world's largest business federation.] "we are encouraged by assurances that the labor provisions cannot be read to require compliance with ILO Conventions."'
It's almost nice to see the business elite admitting that the US is an international law violator, but pathetic that the Democratic leadership have signed onto a deal that doesn't even require the US to meet the minimum international rules for protecting labor rights."
11:33:45 AM 
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© Copyright 2007 Hetty Litjens.
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