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Broken down individually, the government has spent $806 billion for Iraq, $444 billion for Afghanistan, $29 billion for enhanced security and $6 billion on “unallocated” items. The vast majority of all the money appropriated has gone to the Department of Defense. … Only $8 billion (or 1 percent) went to veterans’ care, via the [...]  Despite potential increases in cargo movement benefiting dockworkers, union opposes proposed Korea-United States trade agreement because it continues failed trade policy and is harmful to workers, consumers, and the environment in both South Korea and the United States December 13, 2010 VIA FACSIMILE: 202-225-4188 (and First Class Mail) The Honorable Nancy Pelosi United States House [...] The following letter is also available in pdf format and in Spanish. La carta siguiente se puede leer en español. June 17, 2010 The Honorable Barack Obama President, United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 President Obama: This letter is a follow up to my April 22, 2010 letter [...] 22 de abril de 2010 Honorable Sr. Barack Obama Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América La Casa Blanca 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Sr. Presidente Obama: Me tomo la libertad de dirigirme a usted sobre un asunto que es motivo de gran inquietud para el Sindicato Internacional de Trabajadores Portuarios y Almacenistas (ILWU) [...] “You cannot promote trade agreements in the Western Hemisphere as mechanisms to encourage countries to provide enforceable labor standards and at the same time stand idly by while the Costa Rican Government ousts the democratically elected leadership of a union, freezes its bank accounts, and militarizes the ports in the build up to [...] |
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