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Hoyt

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2. Well, why doesn't the AFL-CIO start acting like an INTERNATIONAL union and go to poor countries?
Thu Feb 18, 2016, 01:54 PM
Feb 2016

Guess there is not enough membership dues in it for them.

There are labor rights protections in the TPP that are better than what existed before. It might not be perfect, but it is better than what existed before. If the AFL/CIO wants to do something besides griping, let them do it. After all, they are supposed to be international.

As to the Environmental aspects of the TPP -- while people were spreading bull about the TPP environmental protections, Obama was busy accomplishing something with the Paris Environmental Accord. Don't look to the the TPP to solve all the world's problems.

We are but one tiny nation in this world. We've used or stolen more than our share of the world's wealth, fire bombed innocent people in Vietnam and elsewhere, etc. It's time we promote a better world for everyone, rather promoting Nationalism.

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