Via The Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO

The new Republican-controlled Congress isn’t wasting any time in pushing policies that will harm working families. How long will it be until they start pushing for Fast Track trade authority, potentially one of the most devastating ideas that has serious traction in Washington, D.C., right now? The good news is that you don’t have to sit around waiting for it to happen, you can take action now.

Starting today, working families are standing up and fighting back against Fast Track by participating in a national call-in week, telling members of Congress to “say no to Fast Track.” Call your member of Congress today at 1-855-712-8441. If you can’t call today, please call later in the week. Working families are depending on you to help prevent this extreme policy.

As we’ve mentioned before, Fast Track is a policy that sets up the process for bad trade agreements like the North American Free Trade Agreement. Fast Track undermines democracy and will lead to more trade deals that harm working families. Previous agreements approved under Fast Track have cost the United States hundreds of thousands of jobs and contributed to the closing of more than 60,000 factories. Fast Track shifts power and profits even further up the ladder, making the richest corporations and individuals even richer at the cost of working families.

Read more about why Fast Track is bad for the United States and call your member of Congress at 1-855-712-8441. Tell her or him to “just say no to Fast Track!”

Source: http://www.pa.aflcio.org/philaflcio/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=0AF71141-359E-4706-8734-206D2355B263