USW, Teamsters And Building Trades: Korea, Panama & Colombia Trade Agreements Are Job-Killers

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/Channels/Story.aspx?ID=1449810

6/28/2011

By Doug Cunningham

The United Steel Workers, Teamsters and the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department are all weighing in against the proposed free trade agreements with Korea, Panama and Colombia. The Teamsters say these NAFTA-style trade agreements have cost nearly 2 million American jobs and these proposed agreements just continue the trend. The United Steel Workers say these three agreements will undermine our economic recovery and further decimate American manufacturing. The AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department says the deals will contribute to the erosion of America’s industrial base and are disastrous for construction workers.

[OHdem10]

1. Mismanaged "Free " Trade Policy has contributed mightily

to this high unemployment rate which refuses to
go down.

Until Leaders of one of the Parties recognize this
and decide to make changes, the unemployment will remain
high and salaries will go down. At one time, I had
counted on my own party to "fix" this problem, but
they have failed and appear to have no interest.
The Party who fixes this fixes America.