ProgressivePunch : Aid to Workers Negatively Impacted Upon by International Trade Agreements : Gillibrand, Kirsten

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Labor Rights—Aid to Workers Negatively Impacted Upon by International Trade Agreements	Member's Vote (progressive or not)	Progressive Position	Progressive Result (win or loss)
Roll Call 150. (H.R. 2832) Final passage of legislation that would extend all trade adjustment assistance programs (which provide job retraining and financial assistance for workers who have lost their jobs as a result of trade policy, as well as assistance to U.S. manufacturers that had been adversely affected by imports competition) through fiscal year 2016 Sep 22, 2011.	Y	Y	W
Roll Call 149. (H.R. 2832) On an amendment that would extend all trade adjustment assistance programs (which provide job retraining and financial assistance for workers who have lost their jobs as a result of trade policy, as well as assistance to U.S. manufacturers that had been adversely affected by imports competition) through fiscal year 2016 Sep 22, 2011.	Y	Y	W
Roll Call 146. (H.R. 2832) On an amendment that would have prohibited workers from receiving trade adjustment assistance (TAA, which provides job retraining to workers who lost their jobs as a result of trade policy) unless they lost their job as a direct result of a free-trade agreement Sep 22, 2011.	N	N	W
Roll Call 145. (H.R. 2832) On an amendment that would have eliminated a program that provided financial assistance to U.S. manufacturers that had been adversely affected by imports competition Sep 21, 2011.	N	N	W
Roll Call 144. (H.R. 2832) On an amendment that would have prohibited dislocated workers from receiving trade adjustment assistance (TAA, which provides job retraining to workers who have lost their jobs as a result of trade agreements) unless their job loss was “substantially caused” by a free trade agreement Sep 21, 2011.	N	N	W
Roll Call 143. (H.R. 2832) On an amendment that would have cut funding for trade adjustment assistance (TAA, which provides job retraining to workers who have lost their jobs as a result of trade agreements) by $1 billion per year, which would have effectively reduced TAA funding to 2008 levels Sep 21, 2011.	N	N	W
Roll Call 142. (H.R. 2832) On an amendment that would have prevented workers from receiving trade adjustment assistance (which provides job retraining for individuals who have lost their jobs as a result of trade agreements) until trade agreements between the U.S. and Colombia, South Korea, and Panama had been enacted Sep 21, 2011.	N	N	W