CWAers, Allies Unite Against TPP in Week of Action

This week has seen CWA members in West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, New York, California, Texas and Colorado leafleting work sites and pushing members of Congress to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and "fast track" authority that will make any amendments to this job-killing deal impossible.

There's still time to participate in this week of action and make your voice heard.

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At StopFastTrack.com, activists can get information from a broad coalition of organizations determined to stop fast track and TPP.

More than 30 national organizations are participating in the Week of Action, sending email blasts to members, pushing out the "stop fast track" message on social media and joining in 19 separate on-the ground rallies.

CWA Local 9509 members protested outside the San Diego office of Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA), calling on her to stand up against fast track.

At a TPP Community Forum in Sacramento, sponsored by CWA Local 9421, CWA D9, Citizens Trade Campaign, Food & Water Watch, The Sacramento Central Labor Council, Sierra Club, Global Exchange, Alliance for Democracy, and SEIU 1000, a representative of Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) joined the event.

In Washington, D.C., petitions with more than 750,000 signatures opposing "fast track" authority were delivered to the offices of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR).

According to a recent Pew Research Center study, "some of the greatest public skepticism about trade and foreign investment is found in the United States." A growing coalition of small business, labor, environmental, social justice and good government groups – and voters of both parties – oppose fast track and TPP.

More than two dozen CWAers and coalition partners rally at the office of Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) in Boulder to protest "fast track" trade promotion authority for the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

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In Sacramento, CWAers and allies hold a community forum on TPP.

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CWA Local 9509 members called on Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA) at her San Diego office to tell her to stand up against fast track.

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IUE-CWA "mentees" from the union's mentorship program lobby Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.) on how fast track and TPP will harm working families and communities.