<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=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class="">NAFTA Negotiations on Track but Not Done<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class="">August 27, 2018<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class=""> </span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class="">Joint statement from five labor leaders on the latest North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) news:</span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class="">NAFTA has had a devastating impact on workers for more than 25 years. We are aggressively engaged in pursuing an agreement that works for working people in all three countries, and we are not done yet. There is more work that needs to be done to deliver the needed, real solutions to NAFTA’s deeply ingrained flaws.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class="">Any new deal must raise wages, ensure workers’ rights and freedoms, reduce outsourcing and put the interests of working families first in all three countries. And working people must be able to review the full and final text and have the confidence not only in the terms of the deal, but its implementation, monitoring and enforcement. We remain committed to working with the administration to get NAFTA right. Our members’ jobs depend on it. But, as always, the devil is in the details.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class="">Richard Trumka</span></i></b><i class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class="">, AFL-CIO President</span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class=""><br class=""><b class=""><i class="">Leo Gerard</i></b><i class="">, United Steelworkers (USW) International President</i><br class=""><b class=""><i class="">Gary Jones</i></b><i class="">, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) President</i><br class=""><b class=""><i class="">Robert Martinez. Jr</i></b><i class="">., International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers International President</i><br class=""><b class=""><i class="">Chris Shelton</i></b><i class="">, Communications Workers of America President</i><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(55, 58, 58);" class="">Contact: Gonzalo Salvador, 202-637-5018 or <a href="mailto:gsalvador@aflcio.org" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 94, 103);" class="">gsalvador@aflcio.org</span></a></span></div></body></html>