The economic circumstances of the working class in the Americas as a whole

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Sweatshops still operating? Labor group says little has changed in the last 18 months to end abuses. Shoppers swarm stores.
Reuters, 28 November 1997.The National Labor Committee Friday said 18 months after it began its campaign against sweatshops and human rights abuses in the retailing trade very little had changed (Wal-Mart, Disney, Guess, J.C. Penny, Victoria's Secret and Nike the worst offenders.
Bosses Try to Legalize 'Company Unions'
By Daniel J.B. Mitchell and Ho-su Wu, 27 April 1999. NAFTA side accord allows mutual enforcement of labor law among Canada, U.S. and Mexico, and is being challenged by a strict interpretation of Sec. 8a2 of the Wagner/Taft-Hartley Act.
Rights Set Back 100 Years in Duty-Free Zones
By Mario Osava, IPS, 20 May 1999. In Central American and Caribbean maquiadora areas, female labor rights being trampled.