Workers labor under guard, women struggle in a sweatshop. It is the administration's top lobbying effort in Congress, overseen by Commerce Secretary William Daley. In the Southern California congressional district of Grace Napolitano, the pressures are very real.
Business keeps saying they're creating jobs.
The LaCrosse plant, where Kind's sister works, has lost hundreds of jobs, and many blame Chinese competition for at least some of the pain. They insist that the China issue is different, and they point to November's U.S.-China trade deal to explain why. From toothpaste to telecommunications, professional services to pork, the agreement would ease U.S. access to China's marketplace through such means as increased legal rights, lower tariffs and higher quotas. Boswell, a former farmer, had sympathized with their position. More than 1,500 Steelworkers from across the country will participate.