Press Release
AFL-CIO PRESIDENT TRUMKA’S REMARKS ON USTR ANNOUNCEMENT
… Good afternoon. I’d like to thank Ambassador Mike Froman for inviting me to participate in today’s event. We welcome today’s historic decision by the … workers outside their union office. One was struck by a bullet and survived. The ongoing violence and lack of decent work have also contributed to the current crisis of unaccompanied minors arriving at our borders. We must recognize that a … must do better for workers, so that they can prosper from trade and not be forced to send their children far from home. Right now, government officials, industry spokespeople, and advocacy groups from Pacific nations, Europe, and the U.S. have …