<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=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Carolyn Bobb or Charity Jackson, <a href="tel:202-637-5018" value="+12026375018" target="_blank" class="">202-637-5018</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler Highlights <br class="">TPP’s Negative Impact on Women </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.aflcio.org/content/download/174653/4155765/file/1671_TPP_IntWomenday.pdf" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">AFL-CIO Releases Fact Sheet on International Women’s Day </span></a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">(Washington, DC, March 8, 2016)</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> – On a press call in honor of International Women’s Day, Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer and Thea Lee, AFL-CIO Deputy Chief of Staff, discussed the negative impact the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will have on women across the world.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">“This International Women’s Day, the labor movement recognizes that while women in the workplace have gained a great deal, the harsh reality is too many of us continue to struggle when we shouldn’t have to,” said Shuler. “The bad policies of the TPP are another corporate attack on women and we will continue to fight for policies that lift all women up and recognize the immense contributions we make to the economy.”<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">“There is no question that flawed trade agreements and policies have cost America’s working women good jobs and have contributed to stagnant wages and growing inequality,” said Lee. <span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">“</span>We need to address unfair trade practices like currency manipulation, illegal subsidies and workers’ rights violations and must defeat TPP so we do not accelerate the race to the bottom that benefits global corporations.”<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Read the fact sheet: <b class=""><a href="http://www.aflcio.org/content/download/174653/4155765/file/1671_TPP_IntWomenday.pdf" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Bad Trade Deals and Their Impact on Women Globally</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight: normal;" class=""></span></a></b></span><u class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="http://www.aflcio.org/content/download/174653/4155765/file/1671_TPP_IntWomenday.pdf" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Lower Wages, Reduced Access to Lifesaving Healthcare and Human Trafficking</span></a></span></u></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""></span></i><i class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">A digitized replay of the call is scheduled to begin today at 1:15 pm and is available through tomorrow at midnight.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Phone: US – <a href="tel:800-475-6701" value="+18004756701" target="_blank" class="">800-475-6701</a> International – <a href="tel:320-365-3844" value="+13203653844" target="_blank" class="">320-365-3844</a> Access Code: 388460<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">###</span></p></body></html>