Ways and Means Committee Adds Attorney to Trade Staff
A former AFL-CIO attorney has joined the House Ways and Means Committee trade staff to help oversee the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., announced May 18. “Critical to the USMCA’s success is its proper implementation, particularly of its rigorous general and labor enforcement mechanisms,” he said. “I am delighted to welcome Ms. [Kelly Marie] Fay Rodríguez to the Ways and Means Committee trade staff. Her legal background and experience organizing and engaging with workers and the labor community in the United States and overseas make her a valuable complement to our existing team of talented professionals.”
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Fay Rodriguez most recently was deputy country program director in Bangladesh for the Solidarity Center, which promotes workers' rights around the world. She has also worked on labor issues in Mexico and South America for the center. Before joining the Solidarity Center, she worked at the AFL-CIO, the Organization of American States, the Office of the New York State Attorney General in the Labor Bureau, and the SEIU Local 32BJ Legal Services Fund.