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Hoyt

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21. You really need to do some reading, here are some of the organizations that have had input.
Sat May 9, 2015, 11:49 AM
May 2015

The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
Africa-America Institute
Alliance of Western Milk Producers
American Butter Institute
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)
American Sheep Industry Association, Inc.
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Audubon Naturalist Society
Boston University
Brookings Institution
Business Software Alliance
Commissioner, Miami Dade County
Consumers Union
Council of Great Lakes Governors
Council of State Governments

Dept. of Economic Dev. & Commerce
Duke University
Florida Farm Bureau Federation
Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts
Institute for International Economics
Maine House of Representatives
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Maryland Port Administration
Mayor/ Orlando, Florida
Mayor/City of Doral, Florida
Mississippi Development Authority
National Association of Attorneys General
National Center for State Courts
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Governors Association
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Office of Governor of State of Washington
Office of Governor/New Jersey
Princeton Healthcare, Inc.
South Carolina Farm Bureau
South Carolina State Ports Authority
State of Arizona
State of Nevanda Global Trade & Investment
Supreme Court Chief Justice/Wisconsin
Texas A&M University
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Farm Bureau
Texas House of Representatives
The Humane Society of the United States
Treasurer, State of Nevada
United Auto Workers
United Farmers USA, Inc.
United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Washington State Potato Commission


And, as Yallerdawg points out, there is also a Trade Labor Advisory Committee that includes the major unions.

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

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President Obama on TPP [View all] yallerdawg May 2015 OP
Wait and see? They_Live May 2015 #1
You know there are 11 other countries negotiating? yallerdawg May 2015 #3
Then, why fast track? HatTrick May 2015 #4
TPA does exactly that. yallerdawg May 2015 #6
You can show em language, they'll still turn around and say things like we won't know what it says Hoyt May 2015 #8
Oh, I hear ya! yallerdawg May 2015 #9
"worried about the future" They_Live May 2015 #10
Who been 'negotiating' for 10 years? daleanime May 2015 #11
correctomundo They_Live May 2015 #12
The United States of America negotiates. yallerdawg May 2015 #13
You really need to do some reading, here are some of the organizations that have had input. Hoyt May 2015 #21
Well, if you want to think of it that way.... daleanime May 2015 #22
So you don't think Vietnamese could benefit from more jobs, or we could Hoyt May 2015 #23
And that's another place we disagree.... daleanime May 2015 #24
Baloney Geronimoe May 2015 #2
THIS IS THEE NUGGAT OF TRUTH THAT CAN SWING SUPPORT AGAINST TPP, OF COURSE drynberg May 2015 #19
This is NAFTA all over again. HatTrick May 2015 #5
We lost the entire steel industry in this valley because doc03 May 2015 #7
In a "Representative Democracy" ie. ("Republic")... jjewell May 2015 #14
We are not negotiating between political parties. yallerdawg May 2015 #15
I could buy that... jjewell May 2015 #17
"A closed mind is a bar to any argument." yallerdawg May 2015 #20
My bad... It's 88 seconds of floor debate per member before the TPA vote... jjewell May 2015 #25
Floor debate is where you get up and make a speech for TV. yallerdawg May 2015 #26
You cannot refute Grayson's video point by point using the TPP... jjewell May 2015 #27
I can't, but Obama has said he could... yallerdawg May 2015 #29
As I have already stated... jjewell May 2015 #30
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make 'em drink." yallerdawg May 2015 #31
Yes. My mind is made up. As is yours... jjewell May 2015 #32
Fair Trade, NOT Free Trade! panfluteman May 2015 #16
Mr. President your argument is completely unconvincing. Enthusiast May 2015 #18
Boo! Hiss! AtomicKitten May 2015 #28
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