Tampa labor activist opposes Trans-Pacific Partnership

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Aaron Carmella
Aaron Carmella. By Seán Kinane / WMNF News.

Monday the United States reached agreement with eleven partner countries concluding negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership; there’s organized opposition to the TPP from environmental and labor activists, including a field director for the Central Labor CouncilAaron Carmella, who was a guest on WMNF’s MidPoint Monday.

We talked about why labor opposes this trade agreement that a fact sheet from the White House calls “the largest expansion of fully-enforceable labor rights in history.”

Watch:

Listen to the segment on the TPP:

https://soundcloud.com/wmnf/tpp1005

Listen to the full show:

https://soundcloud.com/wmnf/midpoint1005

 

 

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