Hoffa To Bush: Drop Free Trade

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Forbes

Hoffa To Bush: Drop Free Trade
Carl Gutierrez, 12.16.07, 12:00 PM ET

On Friday, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa, son of former leader Jimmy Hoffa, told U.S. President George Bush how to do his job. Hoffa suggested that Bush should have vetoed a free-trade agreement with Peru and instead should have signed a bill to provide health care for children.

“Working men and women understand the damage done to them by these job-killing free-trade agreements,” Hoffa said. “These deals are less about reducing trade barriers than they are about exploiting cheap labor and protecting investments of multinational corporations.”
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“If the Bush administration brings forward a free-trade agreement with Colombia, I hope Congress will agree with me and say ‘Hell No,’” Hoffa said. “It’s time to say yes to cracking down on China’s currency manipulation, yes to food and product safety standards for imports, yes to keeping jobs in America instead of shipping them out of the country.”

Read more: http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/16/jim-hoffa-trade-markets-face-cx_cg_1214autofacescan06.html

[robbedvoter]

1. From his own hatchet man? Oh, no! But "unions support Bush" - or at least

Hoffa has been "unions" lately in the media a lot!

[jimshoes]

2. Good to hear the Teamsters on this.

chimpy couldn't care less and it won't change his "mind" on anything but the Teamsters carry a fair amount of clout as well as cargo around these United States. Mr. Hoffa could be a thorn in the side of the chimp if he wanted to.

[liberalnurse]

5. Hoffa damaged the minds of the Union members in the 2000 election.

He failed the Team endorsing *bush......Shameful.

[Little Star]

3. Lets hope Hoffa keeps this up! n/t

[aquart]

4. Well, well. A threat to the incoming president?

My, my.