> >Rakesh Bhandari wrote:
>>
>>>For the AFL-CIO to
>>>demand universal labor standards, while at the same time pledging to lower
>>>other countries' trade barriers, is social imperialism.
>
>Doug, I am just referring to the AFL-CIO statement/manifesto that you
>downloaded here.
I invite everyone else to read that statement <http://www.aflcio.org/convention99/res1_6.htm> and consider if this is an accurate characterization. "Deep debt relief" and global redistribution don't strike me as terribly imperialist.
Doug