Trade

Labor is in no mood to pal around with Democrats who voted for it.

A week after unions celebrated a setback for Fast Track, the seeming victory came unzipped.

Fast Track appeared to go down to defeat June 12, even though it passed the House 219-211.

The AFL-CIO has begun campaigning against Democrats who support Fast Track.

If House follows, NAFTA-style deals like TPP would proliferate.

Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei are human rights violators where workers lack basic rights.

Why claims about the “unprecedented” labor protections of the TPP sound so familiar …

Wyden faces re-election in 2016. CEOs will remember his role passing Fast Track. Will you?

In Portland, Obama collects cash from the 1%, and touts a trade deal written by the Fortune 500.

A fast track bill to pave the way for new NAFTAs passes two Congressional committee

Panel at AFL-CIO-sponsored event says fast track trade deal is a power grab by large corporations

AFL-CIO is freezing all political contributions while the fast track debate is on.

AFL-CIO launches fight against "NAFTA on steroids"

So-called free trade agreements aren't about trade any more, nor freedom

Lori Wallach, director of Global Trade Watch, is a frequent TV guest on trade politics

The UN has documented 30 assassinations of union members in Guatemala since 2008

The deal covering 12 Pacific Rim nations was supposed to be signed, sealed and delivered last month

Obama's NAFTA-style treaty with 11 Pacific Rim nations is slated for signing in October

Oregon Fair Trade Campaign's tally: 55,000 Oregon jobs lost since NAFTA

Up to 200 turned out on a work day at a listening session about a secret Pacific Rim trade deal.