PDXNoFastTrackMarch
SAYING NO TO FAST TRACK. Protesters received a police escort through the streets of downtown Portland April 18 for a “No Fast Track” rally and march sponsored by the Oregon AFL-CIO. Approximately 500 people participated. Oregon U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden recently brokered a “fast track” deal with Republican leadership in the Senate. Fast-track, or Trade Promotion Authority, will allow President Obama to rush the secretly negotiated Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement through Congress, with little time for meaningful discussion and no possibility for amendments or changes, and only an up or down vote. Labor unions, environmental groups, and others are upset that Wyden, a Democrat, helped deliver the “undemocratic” fast track bill. They also are calling on Oregon’s Congressional delegation to oppose it.
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