The DR-CAFTA pays lip service to international labor standards as enshrined in the International Labor Organization’s core labor rights, but promptly throws them overboard. Instead, countries are committed only to enforcing their own labor laws, which often seem designed to prevent workers from joining a union.
对国际劳工组织核心劳工权中规定的国际劳工标准，DR-CAFTA也是口惠而实不至，说抛弃就抛弃。相反，各国孜孜以求的不过是对本国劳工法的加强，而多数情况下，这些劳工法好像是专门设计来阻止工人加入工会的。此外，对既有权益的维护也受困于无能和腐败。