CWA, Other Unions Seek Congressional Rejection of TPA
Labor unions are united in opposing Trade Promotion Authority, also known as fast track, over concerns that new trade deals will cut U.S. employment, said leaders of dozens of unions in a Monday letter to House and Senate members. “Fast-track…
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is an undemocratic, unaccountable and completely unacceptable way to develop economic policies that affect us all,” said the letter, signed by the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO and others. “America needs a new version of trade negotiating authority that brings the process out from behind closed doors and prioritizes making life better for people, instead of just making life easier for corporations.” The AFL-CIO and other unions take to Capitol Hill Wednesday to lobby more than 120 lawmakers on TPA opposition, the AFL-CIO said in a separate release.