Machinists News Network - (The Bush) Fast Track to Nowhere

Run time: 10:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgDC9fXzwpE   Posted on YouTube: March 09, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 12, 2007 By DU Member: Omaha Steve Views on DU: 396

 
Fast Track trade policies that allow the Bush administration to push trade deals through Congress without allowing lawmakers to ensure the deals don’t destroy good U.S. jobs are a threat to communities across our nation. A new video, “Fast Track to Nowhere,” by the Machinists News Network, shows how the community of Galesburg, Ill., was devastated when Maytag moved jobs out of the town to Mexico.

In the video, reporters talk with members of Congress, business and grassroots leaders about how to make our trade policies pay off for everyone, not only multinational corporations. The video is especially timely because Fast Track, which was passed in 2002, expires June 30 and President Bush is fighting to renew it. Working families strongly opposed the 2002 legislation and the AFL-CIO union movement recently has joined in coalition with other fair trade activists to battle against unfair trade deals, including Fast Track.