More Local Governments Declare Their Communities to be "TPP Free Zones"

Great work by CWA Local 4501 President Kevin Kee and President Dave McCune of 4502, District 4 staff and coalition partners in convincing the City of Columbus, Ohio, to pass a resolution expressing opposition to Fast Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and to call for "fair trade practices that protect residents, workers, businesses and the environment." Columbus is the largest city in Ohio.

Ohio CWAers celebrate Columbus City Council action opposing Fast Track and the TPP.

Ohio CWAers and partners also succeeded in having the Trumbull County, Ohio, Board of County Commissioners adopt a resolution calling on the Ohio congressional delegation to vote no on Fast Track trade promotion authority.

The Trumbull County commissioners stressed the connection between bad trade deals and lost manufacturing facilities and jobs, and voted to "support all efforts to keep jobs in Ohio and especially Trumbull County."

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The growing list of communities pushing back against Fast Track and the TPP includes:

Pittsburgh, PA
St. Paul, MN
Tompkins County, NY
Fort Bragg, CA
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Bellingham, WA
Richmond, CA
Hollywood, CA
Oak Park Township, IL
Madison, WI
Berkeley, CA
Dane County, WI