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GATS | Human Rights | Immigration | International | International | Submissions
Submission to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committe, May 2008
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Summary
The CTU has consistently raised the risks of a free trade agreement with China. However we have also recognised that the overwhelming majority of the countries in the world are negotiating free trade agreements and already some 2000 have been signed.
The CTU is opposed to a neo liberal approach to free trade that seeks to break down any barriers to the unfettered access by multinational corporations to land, resources, workers, culture, plant life and so on. We oppose a globalisation agenda that treats labour as a commodity, weakens food security and prohibits nations from controlling their economies in the interests of their people.
International | International | Submissions
Submission to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee, May 2007
International | Speeches | Union Movement
Speech of Carol Beaumont, Secretary NZCTU to Founding Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Vienna, November 2006.
Sisters and Brothers,
Greetings on behalf the NZ Council of Trade Unions – Te Kauae Kaimahi – the voice of the workers. We welcome the formation of the ITUC which will bring increased unity and strength that will work for working people and their families if we truly use this opportunity to build global solidarity – not just in words but in deeds.
International | International | Speeches
Statement by CTU president to the International Labour Organisation Committee on the Application of Standards relating to breaches by the Federal Government of Australia of Conventions 87 & 98
International | International | Speeches
The Challenge of China: transforming New Zealand
I welcome the opportunity to speak to such an eminent group of business , professional and public service leaders. Some of you may recall that I last spoke here quite a few years ago on the initiative of my late friend Bernie Knowles who was then a member of the Club.
International | Speeches | Unemployment
Globalisation is not a new phenomenon. As an example, colonialism was, and is, a manifestation of that process. Economic globalisation has been ongoing and is now driven at a faster pace by new technologies and the mobility of international capital.
GATS | International | Submissions
Submission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade - February 2003
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