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STATE-BY-STATE REPORTS ON JOB LOSS DUE TO NAFTA AS OF 2001 For updated reports on U.S. job loss due to NAFTA, see the reports 'Fast Track to Lost Jobs' and 'Where the Jobs Aren't' at the Economic Policy Institute website at www.epinet.org. For information on NAFTA's impacts on Mexico and Canada, see NAFTA at Seven: The impact of NAFTA on wages and incomes in Mexico and False Promise: Canada in the Free Trade Era at www.epinet.org. Jobs with Justice compiled state-by-state reports on job loss in the United States due to NAFTA in 2001. Nationally, it is estimated that NAFTA eliminated 766,000 jobs, of which 554,750 were in the manufacturing sector. Services came in second, with 112,500 jobs lost. In addition to actual jobs lost and potential jobs that have not materialized, NAFTA and the movement of jobs to Mexico and elsewhere have given employers the perfect excuse to abuse workers and ignore the right to organize: when workers try to organize in the United States, employers threaten to move operations abroad. Studies show that 50% of all employers made threats to close all or part of their plants during organizing drives (Bronfenbrenner, Kate, 1997, 2000). This has resulted in lower wages and loss of benefits, as well as roll-backs on many workplace protections for US workers. State Reports
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