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AFL-CIO launches six-figure ad campaign to stop Fast Track
As soon as Congress introduces Trade Promotion Authority, also known as "fast track," the AFL-CIO will launch a massive six figure advertising campaign to pressure 16 Senators and 36 members of Congress to oppose fast track. The campaign, which will run through August, will begin with digital ads and may expand into TV, radio and newspaper ads.
Examples of the digital ads can be viewed here. When people click the ads, they will be directed here.
"These ads -- which follow months of rallies, congressional meetings and unprecedented grassroots activities -- will remind politicians that the trade debate is enormously important to working families. We have seen too often how bad trade deals have devastated our communities.
"We can't afford to pass fast track, which would lead to more lost jobs and lower wages. We want Congress to keep its leverage over trade negotiations -- not rubber stamp a deal that delivers profits for global corporations, but not good jobs for working people," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
The announcement of the advertising campaign comes in the middle of an unprecedented week of action and is part of a massive mobilization effort by organized labor and its allies to pressure Congress to maintain its leverage over trade policy. This Saturday, the AFL-CIO and its member unions are organizing more than 50 events throughout the country.
http://peoplesworld.org/afl-cio-launches-six-figure-ad-campaign-to-stop-fast-track/
Examples of the digital ads can be viewed here. When people click the ads, they will be directed here.
"These ads -- which follow months of rallies, congressional meetings and unprecedented grassroots activities -- will remind politicians that the trade debate is enormously important to working families. We have seen too often how bad trade deals have devastated our communities.
"We can't afford to pass fast track, which would lead to more lost jobs and lower wages. We want Congress to keep its leverage over trade negotiations -- not rubber stamp a deal that delivers profits for global corporations, but not good jobs for working people," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
The announcement of the advertising campaign comes in the middle of an unprecedented week of action and is part of a massive mobilization effort by organized labor and its allies to pressure Congress to maintain its leverage over trade policy. This Saturday, the AFL-CIO and its member unions are organizing more than 50 events throughout the country.
http://peoplesworld.org/afl-cio-launches-six-figure-ad-campaign-to-stop-fast-track/
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