News: A broad coalition of activists will hit the streets of downtown DC at noon today to protest the TPP. No, they’re not against toilet paper; TPP stands for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the latest massive corporate power grab that would set rules governing nearly half the global economy. Critics warn that the TPP poses dire consequences for the economy, environment and public health both at home and abroad. The noontime rally is outside the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative at 17th and F Streets NW, where trade negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim are meeting behind closed doors.
Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1886, twenty-five unions founded the American Federation of Labor in Columbus, Ohio; And on this date in 1993, President Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement, promising hundreds of thousands of jobs that have never shown up. Today’s labor quote is from the preamble to the American Federation of Labor’s founding constitution in 1886: "Whereas, A struggle is going on in all the nations of the civilized world between the oppressors and the oppressed of all countries, a struggle between the capitalist and the laborer, which grows in intensity from year to year, and will work disastrous results to the toiling millions if they are not combined for mutual protection and benefit."
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