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The Fast Track fight is back in the Senate – please make a call!

USW Rapid Response rapidresponse@usw.org via listserv.steelworkers.org 

       

Deceptive Moves Send Fast Track Back to the Senate
We’re expecting votes AGAIN in the Senate this week.

How we got here: After the House Republican leadership realized that the Fast Track bill that was considered and defeated on June 12 couldn’t pass, they changed tactics. Instead, they attached Fast Track to a non-controversial bill that dealt with pensions for federal firefighters and other public safety workers. They thought they’d pit workers against workers, but we remained united. They didn’t build any more support, but their cynical tactics were enough to move Fast Track forward. Last Thursday, they passed the bill by 218-208.

What happens next: This bill now has to go to the Senate for another vote, which is expected tomorrow. It first has to survive a cloture vote, meaning it needs 60 votes to move forward. This gives us a small amount of time to keep up the pressure. There are a handful of Senators who haven’t indicated their positions. No matter what, our Senators need to know that we’re paying attention and that we are in this fight until the end. This Fast Track bill puts corporations in charge of our trade deals – and that doesn’t benefit us.

Please call your Senators within the next 24 hours.
  1. Dial our toll-free number to be connected with your Senator:

    877-607-0785

  2. Tell them who you are and where you are from.
  3. Ask your Senator to VOTE NO on Fast Track.
  4. Call the number again and leave a message for your other Senator.

    If you already called over the weekend as part of our targeted efforts, thank you! Please consider calling again.


If your Senators need a reason to oppose Fast Track, talk to them about recent developments: the job-killing U.S. goods trade deficit that stands at $226 for 2015; the horrendous human trafficking in Malaysia, a TPP country; the fact that our TPP negotiators refuse to discuss how they’ll protect labor rights in Vietnam, Brunei and other TPP countries; that Fast Track has gotten worse since it left the Senate AND how Trade Adjustment Assistance is in jeopardy. Read more on each of these in an excellent AFL-CIO postingHERE.

 

 

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