Republican Party platform is anti-worker, anti-Jones Act

The platform adopted by the Republican Party at its convention in Cleveland calls for gutting the Jones Act which requires that vessels trading between American port be U.S.-built, U.S.-flag and crewed by American mariners. If Trump is elected and his platform is enacted, American seafarers will be on the beach permanently. 

 

 

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Thursday, August 18, 2016