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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. David writes about political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties.

  • May 11, 2007 6:41 AM

    Teamsters Become First Union to Publicly Oppose Bush-Democratic Trade Deal

    Bloomberg News reports that the Teamsters are the first union to say the secret Bush-Democratic trade deal announced yesterday (but whose details are still concealed) is too weak to support. "It's definitely a step in the right direction, but it's not enough to take back to our workers," says Yvette Pena Lopes, legislative representative for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. "Until these trade agreements can guarantee there will be job creation and not job off-shoring, we won't be happy."

    UPDATE: The U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee is now blasting out emails to Capitol Hill of press releases praising the deal from the National Association of Manufacturers, the Financial Services Forum, Microsoft and the Emergency Committee on Trade - the corporate front group pushing this deal.

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