Posted on 04/13/2015 10:16:53 AM PDT by Theoria
The AFL-CIO is ramping up its efforts this week to convince Congress to oppose giving the White House fast-track authority on trade.
The labor group is holding events across the country as part of a week of action on trade.
The week of action will increase the political momentum and grassroots opposition to fast track the same week Congress is expected to begin consideration of a trade promotion authority bill, the AFL-CIO said in a statement.
Lawmakers, labor union leaders and their members will hold a rally Wednesday on Capitol Hill and follow that up with 50 grassroots events around the country and in more than a dozen countries on Saturday as part of the weeklong effort.
Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), as well as United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard and AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre and Sierra Club National Campaign Director Debbie Sease are among those expected to attend the Wednesday event in the Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill.
The efforts include letter-writing campaigns, phone calls, petitions and door-knocks.
The grassroots movement against fast track is nationwide and its not just labor, said Celeste Drake, the AFL-CIOs trade policy specialist.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
For once, I think I agree with AFL-CIO.
Well, well-— change the Unionista’s don’t believe in after their votes for Bammy and his merry band of DemRat bootlickers..
Exactly
Proof positive that Obama F’s EVERYBODY.
AFL-CIO executives and members helped elect Obama president... ...twice.
While I do not want Obama to have any more power than he already has, a small, vindictive, part of me would like to tell the unionistas: “You’ve made your bed, now it’s time to get f-—ed in it”.
AFL-CIO sound like a bunch of racists /sarc
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