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CWAer and Partners Mobilize Against Fast Track
CWA Local 3204 at Atlanta Fast Track Rally
Over 600 activists gathered at a town hall during the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Atlanta to hear Robert Reich, the former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary and a strong supporter of NAFTA, talk about the evils of Fast Track and trade deals like TPP. Also attending were members of CWA Local 3204, including Ed Barlow, right, the new local president, and Walter Andrews (seated behind him), past president.
St. Louis, MO Fast Track Town Hall
CWAers, along with Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition, Interfaith Committee on Latin America, Jobs with Justice, and the American Postal Workers Union, participated in a town hall meeting last week, then followed it with a call on Rep. William "Lacy" Clay (D-MO) to vote against Fast Track authority for the TPP.
The Old College Try
CWA Local 9421 visited Sacramento State University urging students to write letters and make phone calls to their members of Congress to tell them to reject Fast Track for the TPP. Some 40 students wrote letters.
Take Action Minnesota
More than 400 CWAers, community and other activists rallied at the TakeAction Minnesota Annual Meeting. They cheered Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), left, a champion of working families and a leader in the fight to stop Fast Track.