WASHINGTON D.C.: A top United States trade union federation said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) it would withhold key election spending as it builds a war chest to fight President Barack Obama’s pending trade deal with Asia.
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) said it was holding back funding for so-called Political Action Committees, heaping pressure on the White House and Democrats who support the trade deal. AFF-CIO has about 12 million members.
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