American Postal Workers Protest TPP
The American Postal Workers Union scheduled protests against the Trans-Pacific Partnership for Aug. 23 during its biennial convention in Orlando, Fla., union President Mark Dimondstein said in a statement (here). A post on the Campaign for America's Future blog contends…
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that, while TPP allows corporate investors to sue governments “for what they consider to be violations of the agreement that hurt their profits,” the deal denies the same recourse for labor, environmental, consumer or other types of stakeholder groups who might feel their rights were violated. Dimondstein further charged that the deal is deceitful, saying the “devious” TPP was negotiated in secret and seeks to bolster the power of multinational corporations and deny advocacy rights to citizens and workers. Furthermore, TPP might deny the U.S. Postal Service the decision-making authority for engaging in activities such as postal banking, a financial service provided through USPS until the mid-1960s, the blog post said. The TPP will likely come before Congress in a “lame-duck” vote, and a previous blog post urged anti-TPP advocates to push congressional Democrats, particularly in the House, to go on the record in opposing the deal (here). The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees didn't comment.