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<blockquote data-quote="Thebrownblob" data-source="post: 6091582" data-attributes="member: 60485">I sure do miss the days when Union members actually understood who it was that was ruining their ability to earn a living. I spent the first 20 years of my union career going to meetings listening to these guys talk about how bad NAFTA was and how much of a jerk Bill Clinton was for pushing it through and it would ruin our life eventually. And like watching a train in slow motion go off the tracks that is exactly what has happened since the advent of NAFTA and free trade to working people and Union members. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-08-mn-54558-story.html[/URL][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://teamster.org/2014/04/nafta-20/[/URL]Due to the pact between the U.S., Mexico and Canada that was approved using fast track, America lost 1 million jobs. Those employment opportunities have been shipped across borders, gutting the American middle class. Many who have continued to work have seen their pay slashed and families who used to have a shot at the American dream are now living in a nightmare.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://aflcio.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/1993%20vote%20record.scorecard.pdf[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thebrownblob, post: 6091582, member: 60485"] I sure do miss the days when Union members actually understood who it was that was ruining their ability to earn a living. I spent the first 20 years of my union career going to meetings listening to these guys talk about how bad NAFTA was and how much of a jerk Bill Clinton was for pushing it through and it would ruin our life eventually. And like watching a train in slow motion go off the tracks that is exactly what has happened since the advent of NAFTA and free trade to working people and Union members. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-08-mn-54558-story.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://teamster.org/2014/04/nafta-20/[/URL] Due to the pact between the U.S., Mexico and Canada that was approved using fast track, America lost 1 million jobs. Those employment opportunities have been shipped across borders, gutting the American middle class. Many who have continued to work have seen their pay slashed and families who used to have a shot at the American dream are now living in a nightmare. [URL unfurl="true"]https://aflcio.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/1993%20vote%20record.scorecard.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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