Faʻamatalaga mai ia Sara Nelson, Peresetene Faʻavaomalo o le Asosi o Tagata Auai i Fafo-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA) e faʻatatau i le faʻatonuga faʻatonu a le Peresetene Trump e alu ese mai le feutanaiga o fefaʻatauaʻiga a le Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

“O le tuumuli ese aloaʻia mai le TPP o le taga saʻo lea mo tagata faigaluega ma o latou aiga i lenei atunuʻu. Na taua e le Peresetene Trump, o lana mataupu faʻavae o le faʻamuamua lea i galuega a Amerika. Matou te faʻamalosia le Trump Administration e faʻamalosia Open Skies maliega na folafola e faʻatumauina ma faʻateleina avanoa mo tagata faigaluega vaʻalele. Faʻalogo i le tatali Norwegian Air International mataupu o le nofoaga e amata ai. O loʻo matou vaʻavaʻai foʻi e galulue faʻatasi ma le Peresetene Trump i lenei galuega faigata. "

Sa tutu faʻatasi sui o le AFA i se tauiviga tele mo le lima tausaga, faʻatasi ai ma tagata faigaluega felagolagomaʻi, ma le galulue soʻosoʻoʻoga i le salafa o le atunuʻu, e tuʻu ai le mataʻutia o le TPP i luma o talanoaga a le atunuʻu. O le Peresetene Trump na avea lenei ma autu taua o lana taumafaiga, ma faafetai i leo o tagata faigaluega i Amerika na taofia ai le TPP i le tautoulu talu ai ona e leai se toatele na lagolagoina i le Konekeresi. Na tuu e le Peresetene Trump le vaitaimi mulimuli i luga o lena faasalaga. O le a faʻaauau pea le unaʻi a le AFA mo maliega tau fefaʻatauaiga e puipuia ma faʻalauiloa galuega lelei mo tagata galulue malosi o Amerika.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

AFA members stood together in a massive five-year campaign with affiliated labor and a broad coalition across the country to put the dangers of the TPP at the forefront of national discussion.
President Trump made this a key issue of his campaign, and thanks to the voices of American labor the TPP was stopped last fall because it did not have majority support in Congress.
“Formally withdrawing from the TPP is the right move for working people and their families in this country.