The political struggle of the working class in the Americas as a whole

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Unions Globalizing
NACLA Report on the Americas, May/June 1997. Geographic mobility allows employers to play off one worker against another, but unions are beginning to act internationally: UE, CWA, UNITE.
Sweeney in Mexico: Unions build cross-border solidarity
By Shelley Ettinger, Workers World, 5 Feburary 1998. First time an AFL-CIO chief visits Mexico. He affirmed U.S. unions' opposition to NAFTA and reached out to unions struggling to build a labor movement that is independent from the Mexican government.
US Unions Use NAFTA to Help Workers
United Electrical Workers host Canadian and Mexican political leaders
Mexican Labor News and Analysis, 2 September 1998. UE convention in Pittsburgh calls for a labor party and brings in leaders from Mexico and Canada.