USW, allies host town hall meeting Tuesday in Farrell, Pa.

FARRELL, Pa. — The United Steelworkers today said that union workers and retirees will join elected officials and community leaders for a town hall meeting to outline the potentially devastating consequences for Pennsylvania workers and businesses if the U.S. enters the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement between 12 nations that Congress is charged with accepting or rejecting.

The event, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Farrell City Building, is co-sponsored by the PA Fair Trade Coalition and Mercer County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council and will feature workers from area companies whose jobs are threatened by unfair trade.

The USW, the AFL-CIO and other unions have urged Congress to reject the TPP, pointing out the trade deal does not address currency manipulation, accepts overcapacity in global manufacturing, has insufficient rules for State-Owned Enterprises, provides weak rules of origin for autos and auto parts, and lacks the teeth to ensure worker rights standards are implemented.