{"id":24201,"date":"2015-11-05T08:57:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T13:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=20666"},"modified":"2020-08-24T19:10:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:10:51","slug":"ufcw-president-perrone-statement-on-release-of-tpp-text","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-president-perrone-statement-on-release-of-tpp-text\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW President Perrone Statement on Release of TPP Text"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TPP-Trump-Clinton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-20667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TPP-Trump-Clinton.jpg\" alt=\"TPP-Trump-Clinton\" width=\"391\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a>Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 Today, Marc Perrone, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the largest private sector union in the nation, released the following statement in response to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal text becoming public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton don\u2019t agree on much, but both believe that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a terrible trade deal for America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a nation so divided politically, a trade deal must be truly devastating to hard-working families when leading Presidential candidates from both parties find common ground in opposing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, the American people should not take anyone\u2019s word for it. Finally, everyone will now have the opportunity, after months of backroom deals and secret negotiations, to read for themselves the truth about how this trade deal will destroy jobs and lead to lower wages in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur message to Members of Congress is a simple one \u2013 listen to the concerns of UFCW members, everyday Americans and even the leading voices in the current Presidential race \u2013 and defeat the TPP once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe may not be able to change every mind, but we will remember and hold accountable those elected leaders, Democrat or Republican, who choose to stand with corporate special interests, instead of doing what is right for hard-working men and women and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\">United Food and Commercial Workers International Union<\/a> (UFCW) online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\">www.ufcw.org<\/a><u><br \/>\n<\/u><br \/>\nWe are 1.3 million families standing together to build an economy that every hard-working family deserves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UFCWinternational\">www.facebook.com\/UFCWinternational<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/UFCW\">@UFCW<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Marc Perrone, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the largest private sector union in the nation, released the following statement in response to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal text becoming public. \u201cDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton don\u2019t agree on much, but both believe that the Trans-Pacific [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":196,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24201","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW President Perrone Statement on Release of TPP Text - The United Food &amp; 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