<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">In case you missed it, on Wednesday the UFCW </span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="http://www.ufcw.org/2015/04/15/ufcw-announces-strong-opposition-to-fast-track-and-the-tpp/" style="color: purple;" class="">announced its opposition</a></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">to fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).</span><br class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/238797-trans-pacific-partnership-will-harm-middle-and-working" style="color: purple;" class="">Writing in <i class="">The Hill</i></a></b>, UFCW International President Marc Perrone issued a warning to both political parties, calling on every member of Congress to oppose the TPP and the fast-track legislation that would make it possible to pass the TPP.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">“In the end, while we may not be able to change every mind, we will remember those elected officials who stood with America’s workers by voting for jobs and against another destructive trade deal,” he wrote. “More to the point, we join with the AFL-CIO and other unions that refuse to support any member of Congress that decides to put narrow self-interests above the interests of hard-working families.”<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Writing for <i class="">Vox</i>, Jonathan Allen called the UFCW’s defection “<b class=""><a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/4/15/8421741/Obama-trade-food-fight" style="color: purple;" class="">an erosion of Obama’s trade coalition</a></b>.”<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In a <b class=""><a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/could-trade-deal-be-hillary-clinton-s-next-food-fight-20150415" style="color: purple;" class="">column in <i class="">National Journal</i></a></b>, Ron Fournier described the UFCW’s announcement as “a blow to Obama” and signaled it would play a role in the 2016 election. “Hillary Clinton must choose between her president and her base on the latest trade deal in Congress—and now she has more food for thought,” he wrote.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In addition, the UFCW took out a <b class=""><a href="http://www.ufcw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/UFCW-Politico-Ad-TPP-4.16.15.pdf" style="color: purple;" class="">full page ad</a></b> in today’s edition of <b class=""><i class=""><span style="color: red;" class="">Politico</span></i></b> highlighting its opposition to unfair trade.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Social Media Reaction:<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/588436023664709633" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/588436023664709633</span></a></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="644BC191-7D85-4D77-B674-F059E9FEFBE6" height="187" width="630" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.png@01D0782A.48739BC0" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/588421562266681345" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/588421562266681345</span></a></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="BEBB0A53-293C-4136-ADF9-69A53BAF1A16" height="194" width="620" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image002.png@01D0782A.48739BC0" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/StopFastTrack/status/588432475208216577" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://twitter.com/StopFastTrack/status/588432475208216577</span></a></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="F25648D0-4C88-4CFC-8781-C69381C69B33" height="224" width="626" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image003.png@01D0782A.48739BC0" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/CWAUnion/status/588437228407300096" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://twitter.com/CWAUnion/status/588437228407300096</span></a></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="2AA69384-2DE0-49FA-B5D5-BB43B3B656E4" height="226" width="623" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image004.png@01D0782A.48739BC0" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/marcambinder/status/588458146848354304" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://twitter.com/marcambinder/status/588458146848354304</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="93B5C2BD-D606-4533-A2DB-6E31247AD106" height="261" width="624" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image005.png@01D0782A.48739BC0" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/ron_fournier/status/588455976770011136" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://twitter.com/ron_fournier/status/588455976770011136</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="8E6A2900-1400-4CB2-B6BA-B4B71AAB7332" height="220" width="623" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image006.png@01D0782A.48739BC0" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/PrideatWork/status/588439044599644162" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://twitter.com/PrideatWork/status/588439044599644162</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="D497C38F-9EFF-4AC1-9CB1-A09F856868AE" height="196" width="626" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image007.png@01D0782A.48739BC0" class=""></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></body></html>