From CNN: USMCA is a huge win for working people
I am grateful to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies on the USMCA working group, along with Senate champions like Sherrod Brown and Ron Wyden, for standing strong with us throughout this process as we demanded a truly enforceable agreement. I also commend Ambassador Robert Lighthizer for being a straight shooter and an honest broker as we worked toward a resolution.
President Trump may have opened this deal. But working people closed it. And for that, we should be very proud. -- Richard Trumka
EDITOR'S NOTE: Richard Trumka is president of the 12.5 million member, 55-union AFL-CIO, America's labor federation. The views expressed in this commentary belong to the author. View more opinion at CNN.
By RICHARD TRUMKA
(CNN)--After a quarter century of suffering under the failed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and 18 months of hard-fought negotiations, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is now proud to endorse a better deal for working people: the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USCMA), which passed with bipartisan support in the House of Representatives on Thursday, while the Senate is expected to hold a vote on the bill in the new year.