<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Dear friends,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For over four decades, the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program has provided job retraining and other benefits to millions of workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas or displaced by imports. Since the program was allowed to expire this June, however, roughly 40,000 trade-displaced workers have been forced to go without this vital lifeline. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please<b class=""> join today’s Day of Action to Save TAA</b> urging the Senate to reauthorize the program before Congress breaks for the year. Here are three easy ways you can make a difference now:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><b class="">(1) <a href="https://citizenstrade.salsalabs.org/CTC121322TAARenewalDayofAction/index.html" class="">Email</a> or <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/user_files/user_files/000/085/000/original/11302022_Lame_Duck_TAA_NLRB_AC.pdf" class="">call</a> your Senators </b>urging them to reauthorize TAA now</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">(2) </b><a href="https://twitter.com/citizenstrade/status/1602663013831647237?s=20&t=Otbtm1xZgCG3H7A60MUlFw" class=""><b class="">Retweet about the Day of Action here</b></a><b class=""> </b>or use this comprehensive <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S9qqDdYOjj63enOCXtJS99xT2izKQ6s8fX-LJ10AzRs/edit" class="">social media toolkit</a> from BGA</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">(3) Forward this message</b> to appropriate email lists </div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Don’t let the Senate leave trade-displaced workers in the lurch. Please take action now.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In solidarity,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
Arthur Stamoulis<br class="">Citizens Trade Campaign<br class="">(202) 494-8826<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" class=""><span style="line-height: 30px; font-size: 20px;" class=""><strong class="">Urge the Senate to Reauthorize TAA Before the Year Ends</strong></span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr id="m_2257057045419704305id_e78e43d1-daf3-4c1f-8076-72798f49ffa0" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><td class="m_2257057045419704305two-column" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; overflow: auto; width: 800px;"><table class="m_2257057045419704305sli-small-12 m_2257057045419704305column" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="max-width: 533px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 533px;"><tbody class=""><tr style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><td style="margin: 0px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; overflow-x: auto;" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="m_2257057045419704305id_b52ee0b6-5afd-4335-b585-513205d8d047" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 533px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class="m_2257057045419704305sli-email-element" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="margin: 0px; vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px;" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="m_2257057045419704305id_35a2ce57-4b36-48be-b1e3-b233a3c704c3" style="margin: 0px auto 0px 0px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); vertical-align: top; padding: 0em 1em; border: 0px none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-size: cover; max-width: 100%; height: auto; float: none; clear: both; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="m_2257057045419704305sli-email-element" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="margin: 0px; vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px;" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="m_2257057045419704305id_d2911bb6-66a7-47af-a940-8df3e5c83ce5" style="margin: 0px auto 0px 0px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); vertical-align: top; padding: 1em; border: 0px none rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-size: cover; max-width: 100%; height: auto; float: none; clear: both; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><p style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 12px; line-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 21px;" class="">Dear friend,</span></p><p style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 12px; line-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 21px;" class="">As the 117th Congressional session nears its end, there's an important piece of unfinished business: reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program for the nearly 40,000 workers whose jobs were recently offshored or displaced by imports.</span></p><p style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 12px; line-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 21px;" class=""><strong class="">TAKE ACTION: <a href="https://default.salsalabs.org/Ta01f1db9-cbf4-4321-a936-40e8c5c86d35/9837ccbe-bce5-4d60-b9be-9bf250a08149" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://default.salsalabs.org/Ta01f1db9-cbf4-4321-a936-40e8c5c86d35/9837ccbe-bce5-4d60-b9be-9bf250a08149&source=gmail&ust=1670950374639000&usg=AOvVaw3QMWsSr97oXwn1vz47JjDZ" style="color: rgb(0, 144, 170); word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" class="">Please urge your U.S. Senators to reauthorize TAA before they take off for the holidays!</a></strong></span></p><p style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 12px; line-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 21px;" class="">For much of the year, Citizens Trade Campaign and our partners have been asking Congress to enhance and renew the TAA program, which provides job retraining and other benefits to people whose livelihoods are destroyed under corporate-rigged trade deals. The TAA program has been in place for decades, and is often a lifeline for trade-displaced workers, their families and their communities.</span></p><p style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 12px; line-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 21px;" class="">The thought that this vital safety net for workers who've already been abandoned by greedy corporations might not be renewed this year is totally unacceptable.</span></p><p style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 12px; line-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 21px;" class="">Millions have benefited from TAA over the years. But since the program was allowed to expire in June, nearly 40,000 trade-displaced workers who would otherwise qualify for assistance have had to go without. Don't let their suffering continue into the New Year. </span></p><p style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 12px; line-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 21px;" class=""><strong class="">TAKE ACTION: <a href="https://default.salsalabs.org/T8122a421-8251-4bdb-b196-f5ceed68570a/9837ccbe-bce5-4d60-b9be-9bf250a08149" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://default.salsalabs.org/T8122a421-8251-4bdb-b196-f5ceed68570a/9837ccbe-bce5-4d60-b9be-9bf250a08149&source=gmail&ust=1670950374639000&usg=AOvVaw2rDDEhDQKSDqj9ZW6jTxRW" style="color: rgb(0, 144, 170); word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" class="">Please ask your Senators to renew the TAA program before they break for the year.</a></strong></span></p><p style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 12px; line-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 21px;" class="">Your</span> help makes a real difference. <a href="https://default.salsalabs.org/T0fe334b8-df4b-4bde-a490-133425f00cbc/9837ccbe-bce5-4d60-b9be-9bf250a08149" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://default.salsalabs.org/T0fe334b8-df4b-4bde-a490-133425f00cbc/9837ccbe-bce5-4d60-b9be-9bf250a08149&source=gmail&ust=1670950374639000&usg=AOvVaw23TD80fM8JyGwtuw_Y053W" style="color: rgb(0, 144, 170); word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" class="">Please take action now.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr id="m_2257057045419704305id_5b824f7d-255d-4a35-963c-a0ae9dd7b34e" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><td style="margin: 0px; overflow: auto;" class=""><table class="m_2257057045419704305sli-small-12 m_2257057045419704305column" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 800px; max-width: 800px;"><tbody class=""><tr style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><td style="margin: 0px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; overflow-x: auto;" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="m_2257057045419704305id_4bc0d5ad-24d1-4130-9e9b-d11984dd842f" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 800px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="m_2257057045419704305id_b644b901-fd1a-45a3-bc17-5db1fb005edc" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><td style="margin: 0px; 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