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Friday, October 11, 2019

AFL-CIO'S Trumka says USMCA would be defeated in pre-Thanksgiving vote

If a House vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is taken before Thanksgiving, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told the Washington Post in an interview that it would be a "colossal mistake" and "the agreement would be defeated."

However, Trumka did not rule out his organization backing the deal, provided that labor enforcement issues are addressed. "If they can't enforce their own laws, we have a real problem," he said. "No agreement will be able to work."

Should those items be addressed, Trumka said, "we can get to yes. If we can't get them fixed, we can't get to yes.".