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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For Immediate Release:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 12, 2015<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Gary Hubbard 202-256-8125,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Wayne Ranick 412-562-2444,
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">USW Applauds U.S. Senate Vote to Delay Fast Track Bill<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Washington (May 12) -- Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) released the following statement today after the U.S. Senate failed to
invoke a procedural legislative maneuver called cloture to grant President Obama proposed fast track trade negotiating authority.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Senator McConnell’s efforts to enact fast track failed because the American people made clear that they want a new approach to trade. They want an open, honest debate
about what it will take to promote job creation, increase wages, reduce our unacceptably high trade deficit, promote broadly shared prosperity and prioritize environmental sustainability.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“American working families are tired of Washington politicians telling them what’s economically best. We are all living today’s reality of trade policies that have accelerated
offshoring and outsourcing of good jobs. Working Americans don’t want their elected leaders using a rubber stamp for a trade deal that is hidden behind a veil of secrecy.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Republican Senate Majority Leader McConnell invoked cloture to limit debate on the fast track bill, prohibiting important trade measures sought by Democratic leaders from
being included in any Senate-passed bill. The Republican majority tactic to cut off a full debate on measures that improved U.S. trade laws such as renewing Trade Adjustment Assistance and limiting currency manipulation failed to get the required 60 votes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The USW national Rapid Response Network of local union activists participated in multiple actions with key Members of Congress that involved demonstration events, dial-in
calls and postcard deliveries to urge opposition to the fast track bill. Last month, the USW sponsored a ‘No Fast Track’ rally and lobby day of 1,200 coalition supporters that included the voices on stage of U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren
(D-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Al Franken (D-MN).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For USW resources on why the Hatch-Wyden-Ryan Fast Track (S.995/H.R. 1890) bill is wrong:
</span></i><a href="http://www.usw.org/get-involved/rapid-response/AFL-CIO-Opposes-Fast-Track-PDF-April-2015.pdf"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CLICK HERE</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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