It's not unusual for union members to oppose foreign trade deals, enacted or proposed. But plumbers and steamfitters?
Sure enough, the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 290, serving Oregon, Southern Washington, and Northern California, has a major bone to pick with the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
When you stop to think, you realize the jobs union members perform probably can't be sent offshore. Local 290 Vice President Gil Freeland visits to explain why the union members stand against the potential TPP deal.
