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Power Grab: “Investor-State Dispute Settlements” Are the Worst Thing You’ve...
It’s unclear what this means. In an interesting and humorous take on the bevy of secret, international trade agreements currently being negotiated, Rabble writer Scott Vrooman details some of the...
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New GAO Report: DOL Must Hold Trade Agreement Partners Accountable for Labor...
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Department of Labor (DOL) increase its efforts to police labor laws in countries that have free trade agreements with...
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US Trade Rep Receives Bipartisan Grilling on Bank-Loving, Job-Killing...
US Trade Rep Froman is pictured here performing his primary duty: pretending he doesn’t know what’s going on. Details of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) remain vague at best as...
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Knee Trade Agreement: Leak Reveals TISA Could Result in Offshoring of Health...
A new leaked document sheds light on the secretive free trade deal, Trade In Services Agreement (TISA), and shows how it could affect the future of health care. “A concept paper on health care...
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AFL-CIO to Halt Voluntary Political Contributions Until Trans-Pacific...
The AFL-CIO has decided to halt all voluntary political contributions until after a vote on fast-tracking the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). While the umbrella labor organization did not put this...
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Leaning Tower of China: Dangerous New Flaws Discovered in Outsourced Bay...
Ever since former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s decision to outsource major components of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge renovation to Chinese contractors, members of the labor community have...
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Greenville Burning: Free Trade Agreements Have a Habit of Destroying Small...
R.I.P. An interesting read from writer Naureen Khan paints a picture of life in the small towns that ultimately get destroyed by free trade agreements. As the national conversation surrounding the...
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Complete. Nations Hold Breath. Clinton Speaks Out.
R.I.P. to all the protest signs out there. You will be missed. After years of secret negotiations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership is complete and now awaits months of intense scrutiny before being...
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New Tufts Study: “TPP Would Lead to Jobs Losses in All Countries”
A new “more realistic” modeling of the effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) predicts 450,000 American job losses and a contraction of the economy by 0.54 percent. That percentage may seem...
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Typically Optimistic Trade Commission Admits the Gravity of TPP Outlook; $21B...
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) must write a report for each free trade agreement the United States enters into. In the past they have come under fire for reaching to produce...
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Emails Between US Trade Rep. Froman and Wall Street Bankers Reveal New Degree...
“My Citigroup payout was THIS big!” A series of emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that there was collusion between big banks and the Obama administration in...
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McConnell Says TPP Is Shelved Until After the Election, Some Even Say It...
You could say the TPP has been…divisive. President Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is now his successor’s problem. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the trade deal...
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Since 1936, Every GOP President Has Created Manufacturing Losses. Every...
Thumbs up, the GOP symbol of job losses. Donald Trump and the GOP would have you believe they are the party to revive manufacturing in America. But they would be wrong. Put plainly, the numbers don’t...
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The Latest H-1B Visa Bill May Not Be the Greatest H-1B Visa Bill
You thought you had a reason to root for Darrell Issa. Not so fast. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is considering legislation that would tighten loopholes in the current H-1B work visa program....
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With Trump Win, Obama Admits Defeat of Trans-Pacific Partnership, Pleasing Labor
Protesting didn’t work. But not voting did! The Obama Administration has acknowledged that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is dead. The trade deal was the centerpiece of President Obama’s “pivot...
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