I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members.

Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions.

Free trade should not mean free labor.

Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor.

Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that.

Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts.