<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=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><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: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(39, 44, 63);" class="">Trumka to brief union leaders on USMCA changes today<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: Georgia, serif;" class="">By Megan Cassella and Ian Kullgren<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">POLITICO PRO ,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">12/09/2019</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will brief his executive council this afternoon on proposed changes to the new North American trade agreement, offering the latest sign that a compromise deal is in its final stages.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.9375rem 0px 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">Two union officials with knowledge of the plans confirmed to POLITICO that the briefing will take place via conference call this afternoon. It comes after U.S. and Mexican negotiators spent last week and part of the weekend negotiating changes to the pact’s labor, enforcement and other provisions to satisfy demands from House Speaker <a href="https://cd.politicopro.com/member/51564" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 123, 199);" class="">Nancy Pelosi</span></a> and Democratic leaders.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 1.125rem; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 1.125rem; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">POLITICO <a href="https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2019/12/us-mexico-resolve-differences-on-usmca-talks-1840433" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 123, 199);" class="">reported on Saturday</span></a> that the U.S. and Mexico had resolved the major outstanding issues and were checking with all parties to see if further changes were needed.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.9375rem 0px 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">Trumka told POLITICO this morning that a deal has “not yet” been finalized, “regardless of what’s said."<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.9375rem 0px 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">Democrats have for months been working closely with Trumka in an attempt to reach a deal that organized labor can support — or at least will not openly oppose. An endorsement from the AFL-CIO, the country’s largest labor union, is likely to garner enough support for the USMCA from congressional Democrats to pass the deal in the House.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.9375rem 0px 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">“We have pushed them hard and have done quite well,” Trumka said <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/white-house-congressional-democrats-on-cusp-of-revised-north-american-trade-deal-trumka-says/2019/12/09/096c4f3c-1a8f-11ea-87f7-f2e91143c60d_story.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 123, 199);" class="">in an email to the Washington Post</span></a> this morning.</span></div></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis</div><div class="">Citizens Trade Campaign</div><div class="">(202) 494-8826</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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