Trade conditions and labor rights: US initiatives, Dominican and Central American responses
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
List of Tables viii
List of Abbreviations xi
Preface xvii
Introduction 1
Part 1. General Considerations on Labor Rights
1 Caribbean Basin Workers Search for Decent Treatment 17
2 The Debate over Methods of Achieving Labor Rights 36
3 Implementing Labor Rights Through Trade Conditions 56
4 The Record of GSP Petitions in Latin America 76
Part 2. Case Studies
5 Labor Petitions in El Salvador: A Weak Labor Code 103
6 Structural Implications of GSP Pressure in El Salvador 120
7 The Guatemalan Case: Reluctant Compromise 141
8 Structural Residues of the Guatemalan Case: An Analysis 163
9 GSP and Labor Changes in Honduras 192
10 Petitions in the Dominican Republic: Stronger Maquila Unions 207
11 Regional GSP Efforts in Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua 228
12 Workers Evaluate Trade based Labor Strategies 254
13 Conclusion 274
Appendix. The Impact of CBI on Central American
and Caribbean Nations 287
Notes 291
Bibliography 345
Index of Names 369
Index of Subjects 375
TABLES
4.1 Latin American countries where petitions have been filed and whether
they were accepted for review by USTR, 1986 97 77
4.2 Date of first labor code, by CBI country 80
4.3 Ratification of ILO basic convention, by CBI country and date 81
4.4 U.S. imports for consumption from CBI countries, by subregion and
country, select years, 1984 93 87
4.5 U.S. apparel and footwear imports from CBI countries, select years,
1984 93 89
4.6 Urban unemployment rates in Central American nations, 1984 95 92
4.7 Minimum wage index, Latin America and four CBI countries,
1980 91 92
4.8 GDP growth, employment growth, and wage improvements, by coun¬
try, 1984 95 93
4.9 GDP, employment, urban unemployment, and real wage growth, Pear¬
son R correlations, CBI nations, 1984 94 94
5.1 Listed improvements in the 1994 El Salvador labor code 117
5.2 Listed lacunae in 1994 El Salvador labor code 118
6.1 Minimum adult agricultural and industrial/service wages, El Salvador,
1984 94 125
6.2 Workers covered under social security, El Salvador, 1990 95 125
6.3 Work accidents, by economic activity, El Salvador, 1987 95 126
6.4 Number of unions and affiliates, El Salvador, 1987 95 128
6.5 Collective contracts and worker coverage, El Salvador, 1991 94 129
6.6 Workers covered by labor inspections, El Salvador, 1986 90 130
6.7 Labor inspections, workers covered, and fines paid, El Salvador,
1991 95 130
6.8 Individual labor disputes and ministry resolutions, El Salvador,
1987 95 131
6.9 Ministry adjudicated firings and resolutions, by sector and gender, El
Salvador, 1991 95 131
Tables / ix
6.10 Individual work complaints and favorable court resolutions, El Salva¬
dor, 1987 95 133
6.11 Indemnization cases and court judgments, by gender, El Salvador,
1991 95 133
6.12 Collective labor disputes and resolutions, El Salvador, 1987 91 134
7.1 Key provisions of the 1903 Guatemalan labor code 151
8.1 Budget for the Ministry of Labor, Guatemala, 1993 97 164
8.2 USAID funds for labor improvements, Guatemala, 1993 97 165
8.3 New unions registered, Guatemala, 1985 95 166
8.4 Unions, federations, and confederations, by type, Guatemala,
1990 95 167
8.5 Bargaining agreements in effect, Guatemala, 1989 94 168
8.6 Union members and women union members, Guatemala, 1990 95 168
8.7 Cases/actions taken thitfugh the Ministry of Labor, Guatemala,
1989 95 171
8.8 Funds at stake in labor conflicts, Guatemala, 1989 94 171
8.9 Collective cases handled by Guatemalan labor courts, 1993 95 176
8.10 Daily rural and urban base minimum wage standards, in quetzals and
dollars, Guatemala, 1980 98 182
8.11 Average real monthly salary; by activity, Guatemala, 1985 94 183
8.12 Number of accidents reUted to work, Guatemala, 1985 94 185
9.1 Key provisions of the 1959 Honduran labor code 193
9.2 Summary of the USTR; Honduras agreement on labor rights imple¬
mentation 206
10.1 Real minimum monthly wages, Dominican Republic, 1987 95 209
10.2 Principles of the 1992 Dominican labor code reform 217
11.1 Key 1993 code reforms ir Costa Rica 235
11.2 Actual practice of the 19^3 Costa Rica labor code 236
11.3 U.S. Embassy criticisms and labor responses concerning the Panama¬
nian labor code 240
11.4 Key provisions of the 19^5 Panamanian labor code changes 243
11.5 Key points of the 1996 Ni«raguan labor code reform 245
12.1 Comparative organizing and bargaining requirements in the labor
codes of Central American nations and the Dominican Republic 270
13.1 Accomplishments of GS? review, by CBI country, 1989 95 275
13.2 Positive and negative chmges in codified and actual rights to organize
and bargain, CBI countries, 1992 97 279
13.3 Recommended improvements in the Central American and Dominican
labor codes 283
A.I U.S. trade with CBERA countries, 1984 93 288
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A.2 U.S. trade with CBERA eligible countries, by principal industry sectors,
1989 93 289
A .3 Percentage of U.S. imports from CBERA countries, selected years, 1984
93 290
A.4 Trade balance between the U.S. and CBERA countries, selected years,
1984 93 290
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