Fair trade advocates put pressure on Klobuchar (NO TPP)
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/fair-trade-advocates-put-pressure-klobuchar
By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota
May 7, 2015
Members of the Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition gathered outside U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's Minneapolis office on Thursday to protest fast track legislation. Workday Minnesota photo
MINNEAPOLIS
Members of the Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition demonstrated outside U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar’s Minneapolis office Thursday, calling on her to oppose legislation that would “fast track” new trade deals.
The lunch-hour demonstration drew scores of people from several labor unions, farm groups and community organizations.
“This [fast track] vote is about which side is Senator Klobuchar on – corporations or the people?” said Mark Schultz, associate director of the Land Stewardship Project, an organization promoting family farming and sustainable agriculture.
The Obama administration is seeking fast track authority that would bar Congress from making any changes to free trade deals, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement currently being negotiated in secret. Klobuchar has yet to declare a position on the issue, despite massive pressure from constituents.
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"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Come on Minnesota all you have to do is compare what is going on in Wisconsin (Walker and his Authoritarian Capitalist mentality---anti-union tin foil hat mentality ) to what will happen to you (Mark Dayton created over 23,900 jobs, education funding and taxing the wealthy and supports Unions) if this deal goes through.
It does not say to sell the soul of the country for the few and the powerful and not give us a voice.
Who do you support Ms. Klobuchar, my former state citizens, or slave labor of Vietnam
