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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Panich52

(5,829 posts) Mon Jun 15, 2015, 11:46 AM Jun 2015

"The Real Meaning of Obama's Trade Defeat": labor

Robert Kuttner explores "The Real Meaning of Obama's Trade Defeat":

"The labor movement is not motivated just by the loss of factory jobs but by the entire ideological assault on the security of ordinary wage earners and consumers. The picture of labor as a narrow interest group makes sense only if you buy the propaganda that TPP is mainly a trade deal."

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7582178