This is the clown that so many left labor scholars have wasted ink on, claiming he was a reform leader.
Nauseating, at about 9 different levels.
----- Original Message ----- From: <jjlassen at chinastudygroup.org> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: [lbo-talk] Sweeny letter to Wash Post regarding China tradesanctions
> Act to Protect Chinese Workers
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22400-2004Mar24.html
>
> Thursday, March 25, 2004; Page A22
>
> The Post's support for a presidential investigation into labor rights
> violations in China, as the AFL-CIO demanded in its recent trade petition,
is
> welcome [editorial, "Trade and Labor Rights," March 22]. But The Post
lacks the
> courage of its convictions, as it avoids the logical conclusion of its
> argument.
>
> If, as the editorial concedes, China's violation of workers' rights
actually
> prevents the free functioning of Chinese labor markets, then it is urgent,
both
> for Chinese workers and workers around the world, that this situation be
> remedied.
>
> Failing to address this situation distorts global trade and investment
flows,
> rewarding reprehensible behavior and consequently punishing struggling
> democracies and industrialized countries.
>
> Yet The Post counsels against taking any steps, such as imposing trade
> sanctions, that might force the Chinese government to rectify this
situation.
>
> China's growth and stability are extraordinarily dependent on access to
our
> market, giving the United States considerable leverage. The Post should
join us
> in demanding that the president enforce U.S. trade laws and insist that
China
> comply with internationally recognized workers' rights or risk losing some
> access to our market.
>
> JOHN J. SWEENEY
>
> President
>
> AFL-CIO
>
> Washington
>
>
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