Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Empoyees (UNITE)
Ann Hoffman
The Union of Needletraders, Industrial, and Textile Employees represents 300,000 workers in textile, apparel, and other related industries in the United States and Canada. Ann Hoffman is the Legislative Director for UNITE. The following is excerpted from her September 11, 1997, testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means.The results are in. For workers in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, NAFTA has been a failure. The United States and Canada have lost hundreds of thousands of jobs because of NAFTA. Mexico has been trapped in a severe economic crisis in which workers bear the largest burden. The U.S.-Mexico…
