Fight continues after House passes bad trade deal for workers

“We are at the end of the second quarter and the score is tied 1-1,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka on Thursday after the House voted 218-to-208 to grant President Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate trade deals. “We look forward to the third and fourth quarters.” The vote was the first in a complicated series of moves by Obama and Republicans to reverse last week’s overwhelming vote against the president’s trade agenda. “Workers’ resolve is firmer than ever,” said Trumka. “We will fight at every level and in every way to protect American workers and our economy by rejecting Fast Track and this corporate trade deal.”