The Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees, has started "speak-outs" against the trade legislation.

The local, 486, of the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees, threw tonight's party, inviting the new owners.

Eric Frumin, health and safety director of the Union of Needle Trade Industrial and Textile Employees, was even harsher in his criticism of the state exemption.

Mark Levinson, the chief economist at Union of Needle Trades Industrial and Textile Employees, said: "He opposes linking labor rights or environmental protection to trade and investment agreements.

In 2004, HERE merged with the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) to form UNITE HERE.

"Since Nafta, the world has changed," said Jay Mazur, president of the 252,000-member Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees.

Bruce S. Raynor, president of the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees, said about 11,000 of the city's 60,000 garment workers were based in Chinatown.

Manager of the Amalgamated Northeast Regional Joint Board and Local 169, Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees.

Kmart said preliminary votes showed that investors supported the company's recommendations on stockholder proposals, including three from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees.

Glenn Weinman, general counsel for Guess, called the suit part of an organizing campaign by the Union of Needletrades Industrial and Textile Employees, which is helping to finance the suit.