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Public Sector Unions Struggle To Mobilize TPP Opposition In Asia-Pacific

February 19, 2015 at 9:19 PM
Public sector labor activists are having difficulty mobilizing opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the Asia-Pacific because their affiliates there are less aware of the trade deal, lack necessary resources, and have different labor "traditions," according to Rosa Pavanelli, general secretary for Public Services International (PSI). PSI and its affiliates in other TPP member countries like Australia and New Zealand have been "a bit late on TPP," Pavanelli admitted in a Feb. 13 interview in Washington. Much of this...

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