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USW Lays Out Multifaceted Case Against TPP In Email To Steel Caucus

September 20, 2016 at 2:40 PM
United Steelworkers has issued a fresh call for the Congressional Steel Caucus to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership, claiming that the deal will worsen the global glut in steel and negatively impact the American middle class. “The TPP utterly fails the U.S. steel industry and its workers and will only lead to further layoffs and undermining of domestic manufacturing,” USW's international president, Leo Gerrard, wrote in a Sept. 19 email to the caucus co-chairs, Reps. Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Peter Visclosky...


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