The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Labor

Harley Shaiken

April 19, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 Bay Area Latin America Forum

Event Description

Currently being negotiated between 12 countries around the Pacific, the Trans-Pacific Partnership is an ambitious project seeking to rewrite the rules of global trade. What role will labor play in the new economic order? Professor Harley Shaiken will share his insights on the matter and the future of the labor movement in the United States, Latin America, and beyond.

Speaker

Harley Shaiken is Class of 1930 Professor and Chair of the Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley.