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| Date: July 10, 1998 9:30 am Contact: Gary Hubbard of United Steelworkers of America, 202-778-4384, Joel Joseph of Made in the USA Foundation, 202-822-6060, or Scott Treibitz of Tricom Associates, 703-276-2772 |
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Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of NAFTA; Steelworkers Union Leads Coalition in Court Case | ||
| WASHINGTON - July 10 - News Advisory: What: News Briefing When: Monday, July 13 at 1 p.m. Where: First Amendment Room The National Press Club 14th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. Details: A lawsuit against the U.S. Government challenging the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as being unconstitutionally adopted will be filed in a U.S. District Court on Monday, July 13. A news briefing will take place at the National Press Club, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. at 1 p.m. in the First Amendment Room (13th Floor). The court case is being filed by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and the Made in the USA Foundation. "NAFTA is a betrayal of American workers," states George Becker, USWA president, "and because NAFTA is a treaty that never received the constitutionally-required two-third's vote in the U.S. Senate, we have no recourse but to now seek a judicial review in the federal courts." ------- The USWA represents 750,000 industrial workers with headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa. Made in the USA Foundation is based in Washington, D.C. ------- Editor's Note: Spokespeople available for news interviews and talk shows. -0- |
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