claim: trade deals are negotiated in "secret" and, unlike corporate interests, politicians never invite "the leaders of the afl-cio or steelworkers or the mine workers to come in and sit down in these meetings."
author: ted strickland
evidence_1: sep 10, 2013 ... in addition, in the interest of full participation at this convention, the ... create  through our labor wealth such as has never been seen in .... with economic  inequality comes political inequality. ... it will only happen if workers come  together. ..... i want to pay a compliment to the mine workers and to their union ...
evidence_2: trade deals are negotiated in "secret" and, unlike corporate interests, politicians  never invite "the leaders of the afl-cio or steelworkers or the mine workers to  come in and sit down in these meetings." — politifact ohio on thursday, may  19th ...
evidence_3: the international brotherhood of teamsters (ibt) is a labor union in the united  states and ... the union, like most unions within the american federation of  labor (afl) at the ... it also meant that teamsters leaders were able to demand  bribes in order to ... while the teamsters lost this battle in 1913, when the afl  awarded ...
evidence_4: trade deals are negotiated in "secret" and, unlike corporate interests, politicians  never invite "the leaders of the afl-cio or steelworkers or the mine workers to  come in and sit down in these meetings." — politifact ohio on thursday, may  19th, ...
evidence_5: the international ladies' garment workers' union (ilgwu) was once one of the  largest labor ... this did not sit well with the majority of immigrant workers,  particularly ... at a series of mass meetings, after the leading figures of the  american labor ... the ilg leadership formed bonds with those reformers and  politicians that ...