AFL-CIO update alert
 We need phone calls right now. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is ready to throw hundreds of thousands of workers under the bus by voting for three rotten trade agreements. The Korea deal alone will displace 159,000 American jobs in the first seven years.⁽¹⁾

Can you call your representative and urge him or her to vote NO on the Korea, Colombia and Panama trade agreements? Hurry—the vote is today.

Call 1-800-718-1008 now. Urge your representative to stop all three unfair trade deals.

Our politicians know what’s right. But despite the outrage coming from working people across the political spectrum—and the AFL-CIO’s best efforts—it looks like these deals are going to pass and be signed into law by President Obama. Unless we put up unprecedented resistance today.

It’s critically important for your representative to hear from you—now. He or she needs to know that you oppose all three trade deals, and that displacing hundreds of thousands of American jobs to pad the pockets of corporations is not acceptable.

Act now. The vote is today. Call 1-800-718-1008 and tell Congress to stop these three unfair trade agreements.

Even if you’ve e-mailed, called or visited your member of Congress about these trade agreements before, now is the day to contact your representative again.

As AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel recently said:

What workers actually have experienced from new trade agreements is completely unacceptable. They have caused a devastation of our manufacturing sector, more outsourcing of service-sector jobs and a growing trade deficit that leaves us more and more in debt to the rest of the world.

This devastation could have been avoided in the past—if previous Congresses and presidents had prioritized America’s workers over Wall Street profits. But sadly, it seems our current leaders have not learned that lesson. Instead, they’re repeating the same mistake—even as outrage against Wall Street continues to grow across the nation.

Call 1-800-718-1008 now. Urge your representative to vote NO on the Korea, Colombia and Panama trade agreements.

These trade deals don't benefit America's workers. And an increasing number of people understand that. Only 17 percent of Americans polled think so-called free trade agreements have benefited the United States. And even 61 percent of self-identified Tea Party supporters think these agreements have hurt America.⁽²⁾

Politicians who support these agreements are claiming they will help with our jobs crisis—which is a talking point straight from Wall Street lobbyists—and it’s wrong. The Korea deal alone will cost 159,000 net American jobs.

America’s workers know the reality of these trade agreements better than corporate lobbyists and Wall Street financiers—and no matter what lawmakers do, they need to hear from us before they vote. Please call 1-800-718-1008 right now.