{"id":16051,"date":"2016-08-25T08:46:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=16051"},"modified":"2016-08-25T08:46:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:46:32","slug":"video-opposition-to-trans-pacific-partnership-grows-as-postal-workers-union-rallies-against-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/08\/25\/video-opposition-to-trans-pacific-partnership-grows-as-postal-workers-union-rallies-against-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Opposition to Trans-Pacific Partnership grows as postal workers\u2019 union rallies against deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/357114-tpp-apwu-convention-opposition\/video\/\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__summary summary \" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Gill Sans Light', Helvetica; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Some 2,000 members of the American Postal Workers Union have gathered in Miami where they are officially opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Along with Florida Representative Alan Grayson, they hope to send a message to presidential candidates.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Gill Sans Light', Helvetica; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<p>The 200,000-member strong American Postal Workers Union (APWU) hopes to use its sway to deter Congress from considering the deal during the lame duck period between November\u2019s presidential elections and President Obama\u2019s last day in office in January.<\/p>\n<p>The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has become a hotly contested issue in the 2016 campaign. While both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have both denounced the proposal, President Barack Obama has yet to abandon the unpopular ship. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/357114-tpp-apwu-convention-opposition\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16052\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/APWU-TPP.jpg\" alt=\"APWU-TPP\" width=\"477\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/APWU-TPP.jpg 477w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/APWU-TPP-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 2,000 members of the American Postal Workers Union have gathered in Miami where they are officially opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Along with Florida Representative Alan Grayson, they hope to send a message to presidential candidates. 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