Dems, Labor Groups Team To Reject Trade Deals

[harvey007]

Source: Talk Radio News Service

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) called for “Main street not Wall street” at an AFL-CIO rally today to oppose three new free trade agreements (FTAs) Congress is set to vote on.

Union members and leaders joined federal lawmakers to criticize the trio of agreements with Colombia, Korea and Panama sent by the Obama administration yesterday to Congress.

Tom Buffenbarger, President of IAM, argued that 159,000 Americans will lose their jobs to South Korea and that all three countries lacked proper human rights and labor provisions.



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[ixion]

1. good. every single one of those so-called 'free trade' agreements need to go

they're killing our economy.

[Hawkowl]

2. Pro-Free Trade and Pro-debt collectors

It's Obama's dual pronged re-election strategy! :rofl:

[fascisthunter]

3. Yeah... it's hard for me to take him and his admin seriously

[Doctor_J]

4. Obama is counting on the "auto-Dems" to rally next November

He's not even pretending to support any Dem ideals any more. His whole re-election campaign will be "It's me or the crazies"

[SoapBox]

5. NO more "Free" Trade agreements! Only FAIR Trade from now on...

Hey, Prez O...wake up.

[KoKo]

6. Well. this is postive...but it's hard to see that it goes further than a "positve bone" thrown

at those of us who want these "Foul Trade Deals" to go DOWN.

But...Whatever...