Progressive Groups Deliver Over 2 Million Petition Signatures Against TPP Fast Track

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Workers Independent News

By Doug Cunningham

Progressive groups delivered more than two million petition signatures to Congress Wednesday opposing TPP fast track authority. The AFL-CIO’s Eric Hauser says “American workers have made their opposition to another job killing trade deal loud and clear,” He says so far it appears that the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal does “not address issues crucial to working families including wages, workers’ rights and safety.” Wednesday was also a national call-in day to let Congress hear from opponents of TPP. More than 2000 organizations oppose fast-tracking the TPP trade deal. AFL-CIO President RIch Trumka says he believes opponent have enough voted in the U.S. House to stop TPP fast track.



Read more: http://laborradio.org/2015/06/progressive-groups-deliver-over-2-million-petition-signatures-against-tpp-fast-track/

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NO MSM coverage???

[lonestarnot]

1. Not much nope. A little propaganda outta tweetie and that's about it so far.

[peecoolyour]

2. We shouldn't have to be doing this.

[valerief]

3. Might as well be a massive antiwar march. nt

[blackspade]

5. The one that no one attended?

[neverforget]

4. My union, SMART-TD, has been sending out emails a couple times a week

to call your Representative, etc. I'm very happy that they're being aggressive about fighting the TPP.

[WillyT]

6. Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

7. At the risk of being too hard on MSM,

they're awfully busy covering Bernie.