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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders: RT if you think the TPP should be stopped.... [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)11. Glad you asked.
USTR Labor Advisory Committee Members
Clayola Brown National President, A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
Thomas Buffenbarger International President, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM)
Jim Clark President, International Union of Electronic, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers (IUE)
Leo Gerard International President, United Steelworkers (USW)
Raymond Hair
President, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM), AFL-CIO/CLC
Joseph T. Hansen President, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW)
Mary Kay Henry International President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Ed Hill International President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
James P. Hoffa General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
Ken Howard President, Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
Gregory Junemann International President, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
Richard Kline President,Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO
Lee Moak President, International Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), AFL-CIO
Jorge Ramirez President, Chicago Federation of Labor
Cecil E. Roberts, Jr. President, United Mineworkers of America (UMWA)
Arturo Rodriguez President, United Farm Workers of America (UFW)
Sara Nelson International President, Association of Flight Atendants, AFL-CIO (CWA)
Lee Saunders President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Richard Trumka President, American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Baldemar Velasquez President, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
Randi Weingarten President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Dennis Williams President, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
Forthcoming President, Transportation and Trades Department, AFL-CIO
Clayola Brown National President, A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
Thomas Buffenbarger International President, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM)
Jim Clark President, International Union of Electronic, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers (IUE)
Leo Gerard International President, United Steelworkers (USW)
Raymond Hair
President, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM), AFL-CIO/CLC
Joseph T. Hansen President, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW)
Mary Kay Henry International President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Ed Hill International President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
James P. Hoffa General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
Ken Howard President, Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
Gregory Junemann International President, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
Richard Kline President,Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO
Lee Moak President, International Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), AFL-CIO
Jorge Ramirez President, Chicago Federation of Labor
Cecil E. Roberts, Jr. President, United Mineworkers of America (UMWA)
Arturo Rodriguez President, United Farm Workers of America (UFW)
Sara Nelson International President, Association of Flight Atendants, AFL-CIO (CWA)
Lee Saunders President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Richard Trumka President, American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Baldemar Velasquez President, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
Randi Weingarten President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Dennis Williams President, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
Forthcoming President, Transportation and Trades Department, AFL-CIO
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Bernie Sanders: RT if you think the TPP should be stopped.... [View all]
Playinghardball
Apr 2015
OP
"The TPP is a treaty that has been written behind closed doors by the corporate world." -- B Sanders
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#9
Besides your being wrong, you want "the rent's too high guy," negotiating (although I love him).
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#25
You were obviously wrong about who the negotiator is. Didn't even have the decency to apologize to
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#28
Show me where I spread a lie like you just did. You might not like my opinion, but I know not
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#32
No, you printed the background of the wrong guy, not that of the diplomat negotiating.
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#37
Can read pretty fast, up and down the thread. Look at the time codes. Have a good evening hating
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#44
Of course the list is not a complete list. Were any labor unions involved?
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#10
Hold on one minute. Just because labor provided input doesn't mean the input was
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#14
Well, they don't listen to me either. I believe in worker protection, but I do not believe
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#16
"I do not believe View profile we can generate the money we need for health care, education,
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#18
Do you not get it that Obama's trade agreement will help. Besides the jobs that are transferable
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#19
For the last several decades corporations have done very well. They flourished
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#20
So we tax them, like I said. I don't see alternative. Maybe a cultural shift over decades.
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#21
I appreciate this poster's willingness to argue on behalf of the TPP. He shows me that
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#48
I think the recent tax break that was passed just last Thursday pretty much proves, taxing
AuntPatsy
Apr 2015
#26
Like that was Obama's fault, the agreement included protections -- should he have sent the army?
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#31
The agreement included requirements to allow workers to unionize. It's never enough when it's Obama.
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#36