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Title: In Pacific Trade Deal, Vietnam Agrees to U.S. Terms on Labor Rights Source: NY Times

*Author: * Jackie Calmes

*Date:* Nov 5, 201*5* Summary: The Communist government in Vietnam http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/vietnam/index.html?inline=nyt-geo has agreed to American terms to grant potentially far-reaching labor rights to the country’s workers, including the freedom to unionize and to strike, in return for expanded trade between the former adversaries, according to the newly released text of a vast Pacific trade agreement. Link: nyti.ms/ 1LRAOmZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library