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yallerdawg

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28. Who advises on TPP? Just corporations?
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 02:26 PM
Jun 2015
https://ustr.gov/about-us/advisory-committees
Clayola Brown National President, A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
Thomas Buffenbarger International President, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM)
Tim Canoll President and CEO, Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
Jim Clark President, International Union of Electronic, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers (IUE)
David B. Durkee International President, The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTWGM)
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)
Dave Heindel Secretary-Treasurer, Seafarers International Union
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
Sara Nelson International President, Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO (CWA)
Marc Perrone International President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
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)
Frederic Rolando President, National Association of Letter Carriers
Lee Saunders President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Liz Shuler Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
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)
Edward Wytkind President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

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"True rank-and-file Democrats would never support this." yallerdawg May 2015 #1
Interestingly, ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #2
It's true. Like the President said, "we've got folks still fighting the last battle". Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #27
I remember all the horrid threads about ACA Iliyah May 2015 #3
I agree. Andy823 May 2015 #4
+1 treestar Jun 2015 #23
And Social Security, and DADT, and DOMA, and Iraq and on and on ... JoePhilly Jun 2015 #26
"Trade agreements should proceed through open Congressional Regular Order." yallerdawg May 2015 #5
Major goal post shifting, and for what? ucrdem May 2015 #7
149 amendments have been proposed revising TPA so far. yallerdawg May 2015 #14
One day later... yallerdawg May 2015 #15
for the record... steve2470 May 2015 #6
Wow ucrdem May 2015 #8
I think the problem is that trade is a Dem wedge issue. ucrdem May 2015 #9
No elected Democrat can go wrong opposing trade deals. yallerdawg May 2015 #11
Yep. That's why there are a lot of maybes in the California delegation at least. ucrdem May 2015 #12
Chicken or egg? yallerdawg May 2015 #10
"'Fast track' greases the skids." yallerdawg May 2015 #13
Belated kick Hekate May 2015 #16
conversation with my activist brother about TPP went like this steve2470 Jun 2015 #17
yes -I'm also very pro-labor (especially these days, when labor is getting shafted all around) MBS Jun 2015 #20
This is how I see President Obama and the TPP steve2470 Jun 2015 #24
ditto, ditto, ditto n/t MBS Jun 2015 #25
Kick! Cha Jun 2015 #18
Pew Research, May 27: "Free Trade Agreements Seen as Good for U.S." ucrdem Jun 2015 #19
A calm, rational description of trade promotion authority (TPA). yallerdawg Jun 2015 #21
Good explanation. ucrdem Jun 2015 #22
Who advises on TPP? Just corporations? yallerdawg Jun 2015 #28
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