[CTC] Couple more tariffs statements

[Arthur Stamoulis]

IFPTE Says Trump Tariffs on Canada Will Do “great
damage” to Canadian and American Working Families
Union also calls Trump’s 51st State declaration “highly insulting”

WASHINGTON, DC - International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
(IFPTE) President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson issued the following joint
statement in response to President Trump's decision today to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian
goods to the United States:

"Last month when President Trump announced this nonsensical tariff proposal, IFPTE issued
a strong and comprehensive statement of condemnation. At that time, we nonetheless held out
some hope that the ‘adults in the room’ of this administration would impart upon the President
how tariffs would not only start a trade war with our closest friend, Canada, but also the great
damage this would inflict on Canadian and American working families. Sadly, and probably
not surprisingly, this administration has moved forward with this reckless policy which will
cause economic harm to workers and will lead to steep inflation on everyday goods that
citizens on both sides of the border depend so heavily on.

“This administration has undertaken a tariff policy aimed more at punitive measures over a
policy that is strategically targeted at increasing manufacturing and the good paying, union-
represented jobs that come along with them in both Canada and the United States. Sadly, the

President has done so while continuing to insult the people of Canada with this ridiculous
notion of becoming the 51st State. This notion is as highly insulting to the Canadian people as
tariffs are destructive to our economies and workers.

“As a Union IFPTE will do everything in our power to urge Congress to use the power of the
purse strings in blocking the President from continuing to impose these tariffs. In the
meantime, IFPTE is proud to stand in Solidarity with our IFPTE Sisters and Brothers in
Canada as we all fight together against the destructive policies being put forth by this
administration.”

IFPTE is a labor union representing 90,000 workers throughout Canada and the United States
in the public, private, and federal sectors.

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UAW Statement on New Tariff Action

For 40 years, we’ve seen the devastating effects of so-called “free trade” on the working class. Corporations have been driving a non-stop race to the bottom by killing good blue-collar jobs in America to go exploit some poor worker in another country by paying poverty wages. Tariffs are a powerful tool in the toolbox for undoing the injustice of anti-worker trade deals. We are glad to see an American president take aggressive action on ending the free trade disaster that has dropped like a bomb on the working class. 

There’s been a lot of talk of these tariffs “disrupting” the economy. But if corporate America chooses to price-gouge the American consumer or attack the American worker because they don’t want to pay their fair share, corporate America bears the blame for that decision. The working class suffered all the pain of NAFTA, and we won’t suffer all the pain of undoing NAFTA. We want to see corporate America, from the auto industry and beyond, recommit to the working class that makes the products and generates the profits that keep this country running. 

The UAW is in active negotiations with the Trump Administration about their plans to end the free trade disaster. We look forward to working with the White House to shape the auto tariffs in April to benefit the working class. We want to see serious action that will incentivize companies to change their behavior, reinvest in America, and stop cheating the American worker, the American consumer, and the American taxpayer.

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