By Doug Cunningham

Democrats who vote for CAFTA risk not only the wrath of organized labor but the loss of labor political money and support. That’s the message delivered by AFL-CIO leaders and reiterated here in Chicago by AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Rich Trumka.

[Trumka] : “It’s even a step backwards from NAFTA because of the poor workers rights provisions it contains. That’s why workers here in Central America and here are protesting. We will look at very, very very seriously anybody who vote’s against it. Right now, I can’t tell you that we wouldn’t.
But I can’t imagine us being willing to support anybody that votes against us, because it’s so bad. If you vote for CAFTA, then you’ll vote for anything that ever came up because , this, there are no workers rights, no environmental rights and no human rights protections.”

• AFL-CIO warns Democrats not to vote for CAFTA