Beliefs and trade union support for trade liberalisation in the US and the UK: the AFL-CIO and the TUC compared

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  • dc.contributor.author Díez Medrano, Juan
  • dc.date.accessioned 2020-05-05T09:06:12Z
  • dc.date.available 2020-05-05T09:06:12Z
  • dc.date.issued 2018
  • dc.description.abstract This article applies an interpretive approach to behaviour to explain why the United States’ American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) has opposed free trade agreements whereas the British Trade Union Congress (TUC) has endorsed them and why the AFLCIO shifted its position on trade liberalisation around 1970. The AFL-CIO has opposed FTAs because it views past costs of trade liberalisation as excessive and believes that FTAs do not protect workers enough against surges in imports. The British TUC has accepted FTAs and the enlargement of the EU because it sees no economic alternative to open markets. On a substantive level, the article describes how the US and the British trade union confederations have approached trade liberalisation and FTAs. On an analytical level, the article emphasises the autonomy of individual and group beliefs with respect to structures and with respect to dominant ideas and therefore the need to examine these beliefs when explaining behaviour.
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  • dc.identifier.citation Díez Medrano J. Beliefs and trade union support for trade liberalisation in the US and the UK: the AFL-CIO and the TUC compared. J Int Relat Dev. 2018 Jul;21(3):769–97. DOI: 10.1057/s41268-017-0084-2
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41268-017-0084-2
  • dc.identifier.issn 1408-6980
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44409
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher Springer
  • dc.relation.ispartof J Int Relat Dev. 2018 Jul;21(3):769–97
  • dc.rights © Springer The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1057/s41268-017-0084-2
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  • dc.subject.keyword Constructivism
  • dc.subject.keyword European Union
  • dc.subject.keyword Free trade agreements
  • dc.subject.keyword United Kingdom
  • dc.subject.keyword United States
  • dc.subject.keyword Trade unions
  • dc.title Beliefs and trade union support for trade liberalisation in the US and the UK: the AFL-CIO and the TUC compared
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