Legislative Alert
Letter to Senators Urging Them to Oppose A Bill That Would Fast Track Bad Trade Deals Like the TPP
… Dear Senator, Fast Track: Vote No On behalf of the AFL-CIO I write urging you to oppose S. 995, the Hatch-Wyden-Ryan “Fast Track 2015” Legislation. The misnamed “Bipartisan Congressional Trade … is unfortunately another reincarnation of prior, failed “Fast Track” policy. It gives the executive branch the opportunity to negotiate—in secret and out of public view—as many trade agreements as it can through at least June 30, 2018 and send them to Congress, which may then only vote yes or no. Fast Track 2015 fails to hold the executive branch accountable for …