The new revelations brought sharp criticism of Wal-Mart both in Mexico and in the US. An editorial in the left-leaning Mexican daily La Jornada noted that the scandal comes on top of many complaints against the company: the very low prices it pays its suppliers; its record of driving out small businesses and reducing overall employment; and such labor practices as "low wages, banning of unions, protection contracts, exhausting workdays without overtime." ( LJ April 24) Richard Trumka, president of the largest US labor federation, the AFL-CIO, charged that "the Walmart episode shows the utter futility of expecting large corporations, their boards and their law firms to police themselves" and "reveals the tragic folly of NAFTA [the North American Free Trade Agreement]… a race to the bottom in every respect—including rule of law." Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the US as well as in Mexico, and it opposes labor organizing just as strongly in the US as it does in Mexico. ( Huffington Post, April 26)