Trade

Critical that Sen. Sanders continue the fight against TPP

June 10, 2015 By Stewart Acuff

TPP is the will of the wealthy whose greed has gone so deep as to be dangerous to us all.

Cities becoming major actors in global trade

July 21, 2014 By John Case

Are there the new possibilities for grassroots international labor, peace, immigration and environmental cooperation and solidarity in a city-to-city relationship?

House Dems side with labor on trade pact

May 30, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

"Labor rights are now government-to-government in trade pacts, while corporate rights get to go over the top of governments."

TPP trade talks draw foes on both sides of Pacific

April 24, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Twitter carried pictures of protesting Asian workers and news reports said the Obama-Abe bargaining in Japan would probably not result in approval of the trade pact.

Trumka says he’ll back Obama on a new pro-worker trade policy

March 25, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The death of fast-track, Obama told the Center for American Progress, gives him the opportunity to construct a new trade policy to benefit workers in the U.S. and worldwide, that guarantees labor rights, that protects "buy...