The AFL-CIO endorsed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement earlier this week, calling it "a vast improvement over both the original NAFTA and the flawed proposal brought forward in 2017.
President Trump may have opened this deal," said Labor Federation President Richard Trumka, "But working people closed it. " Trumka said the new trade deal "is far from perfect," noting that by itself, it's not a solution for outsourcing, inequality or climate change. "Successfully tackling these issues," Trumka said, "requires a fullcourt press of economic policies that empower workers, including the repeal of tax cuts which reward companies for shipping our jobs overseas." On today’s labor calendar, “9 to 5” star Jane Fonda and “Norma Rae” star Sally Field will lead the Fire Drill Friday civil disobedience action on the Capitol steps at 11am this morning, along with union members talking about how the climate crisis affects them in their jobs. For complete details, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1924, Samuel Gompers, president and founder of the American Federation of Labor, died in San Antonio, Texas. Today’s labor quote is by Sam Gompers, who said: “What does Labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures, to make manhood more noble, womanhood more beautiful, and childhood more happy and bright.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re giving the gift of a new phone this holiday season, look no further than AT&T. Take advantage of member-only discounts on service plans, wireless accessories, and more with Union Plus AT&T Discounts, and stack your savings with other AT&T deals like $700 off select smartphones. Visit unionplus.org/att to get started.
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