<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 class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Contact:</span><br class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Tyrone Richardson, IAM<br class=""><a href="tel:301-481-7461" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/1" class="">301-481-7461</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><a href="mailto:trichardson@iamaw.org" class="">trichardson@iamaw.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;" class=""><b class=""><u style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;" class=""><b class=""><u style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p class=""></o:p></u></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><b class="">Machinists Union Sends Letter to 14 Congressmen who urged Pelosi to vote on NAFTA</b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><b class=""> </b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><b class="">WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2019</b> – IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr., today <a href="https://www.goiam.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Letter-to-14-Dems-who-urged-Pelosi-to-vote-on-NAFTA-2-09052019tcsnltrc.pdf" class="">submitted a letter </a> to a group of 14 House Democrats, urging them to halt pressure for a quick ratification vote on the proposed NAFTA 2.0 trade deal between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">“This agreement will not be ready to be considered until its text is changed to reflect our detailed suggestions regarding a number of chapters, including, those concerning labor and rules of origin,” Martinez wrote. “Without such changes, NAFTA 2.0 will continue to foster the continuing outsourcing of U.S. jobs to Mexico, as companies seek to take advantage of workers who do not enjoy fundamental rights.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Martinez’s letter responds to the members, part of the New Democrat Coalition, <a href="https://www.goiam.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-07-26-USMCA-Letter.pdf" class="">recently urging</a> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to move on the proposed trade pact after the Summer recess, which ends Sept. 9.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">The IAM and other unions have said the proposal stops short of some much-needed improvements to labor standards and enforcement provisions to thwart job losses. The IAM has urged the Trump administration to renegotiate the deal before placing it before the House and Senate for a ratification vote.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">The Sept. 9 letter also comes days after <a href="https://medium.com/@MachinistsUnion/its-time-to-put-working-people-ahead-of-corporate-profits-c99a06998101" class="">Martinez authored a Medium.com post</a> urging lawmakers to focus on policies that place workers ahead of corporations, which includes the proposed NAFTA 2.0 trade deal.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><i class="">The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) represents 600,000 active and retired members in the North American aerospace, defense, airline, manufacturing, transportation, woodworking, the federal sector and other industries. Machinists Union members work at Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, General Electric, United Airlines, Harley-Davidson and more. Visit</i><a href="https://www.goiam.org/" class=""><i class="">goIAM.org</i></a><i class=""> for more information.</i><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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