California Fair Trade Coalition
Congressmen Garamendi and Miller Joins CFTC to announce their cosponsorship of the TRADE Act!
Participants:
Congressman George Miller, Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee
Congressman John Garamendi
Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor Federation
Gary Allen, General Vice President, Western Territory (13-state region), International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Pam Aguilar, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Contra Costa Central Labor Council
Rome Aloise, President of Teamsters Joint Council 7, Western Region Vice President
Ray Ortiz, Jr., Coast Committeeman, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Lynne McBride, Executive Director, California Farmers' Union
Tim Robertson, Director, California Fair Trade Coalition
When/Where:
Friday, January 8
11:00 am
TRADE Act Press Conference
Plumbers AFL-CIO Local Union 342
935 Detroit Avenue
Concord, CA 94518
For more information on the TRADE Act, please visit: http://www.citizen.org/
The CFTC brings together a diverse array of organizations and individuals including labor, environmental, farm, fair trade business, and human rights groups to educate California citizens, lawmakers, and the media about the devastating consequences of current U.S. trade policies, while promoting viable alternatives for creating new rules for globalization.