Hard to believe but @AdamPosen in an event at #CatoEcon is saying that folks that care about manufacturing jobs have a white macho fetiche... really! Putting aside how egregious is to hear this from a notorious white guy, a short thread with some facts 👇 @WSpriggs and his team ECONOMETRICALLY showed that the decimation of US manufacturing caused by the China trade shock increased racial inequality considering the change in the share of Black employment and Black hire rate in the most affected areas (2/).
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1. While the recent unionization drive in U.S. workplaces is getting weekly headlines, folks need to pay more attention to what’s going in Mexico, where last week 1500+ Panasonic workers chose an independent union to represent them. Trade rules are helping workers for a change🧵 2. In 2019, Congress passed a revised version of NAFTA, which is the trade agreement between Mexico, Canada, and the United States. A key part were stronger rules to protect workers from union busting, to stop the race to the bottom over pay and working conditions.