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Manufacturers and farmers form alliance to battle against proponents of free trade.
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Manufacturing & Technology News
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December 15, 2006
- Author:
- McCormack, Richard
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A new coalition is being formed by farmers, manufacturers and labor officials who are frustrated with multinational companies' control of a trade agenda they say is devastating the U.S. economy. The coalition has the backing of Nucor, the country's most respected steel manufacturer, the National Farmers Union, American Corn Growers Association, the Colorado Springs Manufacturing Task Force and others. It is currently putting together a leadership team and will take its battle against corporate interests to both Washington, D.C., and America's heartland.
The coalition's "trusted core" of leaders planned to meet Dec. 15 in Charlotte, N.C., at the law offices of Moore & Van ...