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Executive Council Statement

Get Off the 'Fast Track' to Job Loss

… the U. S. Trade Representative (USTR) is rushing full bore into these agreements—and seeking “Fast Track” trade authority to do so. Fast Track is an undemocratic, unaccountable process that has been used to shield agreements under negotiation from … rights, civil society’s ability to regulate corporate power and democracy itself.  This is why unions globally continue to work with like-minded groups to change the course of globalization by changing the rules of trade—along with complementary … Unfortunately, this is not the TPP as we know it.  Certainly, those who support the TPP as currently configured use the right buzzwords and are attempting to create the perception that “this time it’s different.”  But workers know it’s not.  …
Speech

Trumka: We Must Be Pro-Job and Pro-Environment

… Good morning and thank you, Dave [Foster] . I’m honored to be here with you all, and to say a few words on behalf of the 12.5 million working men and women of AFL-CIO unions. Today … those challenges, and we must solve them at the same time. Why? They must be solved together not just because it’s the right thing to do, which it is, but because if we don’t solve them both, we aren’t going to solve either of them. Runaway … formula based on clean energy that also meets the real needs of regular people in their everyday lives—our need for decent work and pay, for access to energy and water, for healthy communities, food security and so much more. It is not good enough …