Events
Upcoming Events:
Rally June 14th at 10AM in San Francisco with Art Pulaski and Carl Pope! BE THERE!
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations come to San Francisco, this is our best opportunity to remind President Obama of his campaign promises of trade reform and ensure that with the TPP, it's a NEW DEAL or NO DEAL!
We must say:
NO to offshoring American jobs!
NO to gutting the environment!
NO to more unsafe imports!
NO to child and sweatshop labor encouraged by free trade
NO to violence against trade unionists around the world
NO to the free trade fostered "race to the bottom" on environmental standards, human rights, and food and product safety
and we must say YES to real trade reform, that puts workers home and abroad first, not exploitative multi-national corporations.
What:
Rally two blocks from the site of the TPP negotiations, followed by a march to the site.
Who:
Art Pulaski, Ex. Secretary Treasurer, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Carl Pope, Chairman, Sierra Club
Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor, Richmond
Ross Mirkarimi, Supervisor, San Francisco
Tim Paulson, Executive Director, San Francisco Labor Council
Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, Oakland Institute
Victor Menotti, Executive Director, International Forum on Globalization
Zeke Grader, Executive Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations
Tim Robertson, Executive Director, California Fair Trade Coalition
Where:
St. Patrick's Church, 756 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103 (Two blocks South of Powell St. BART)
When:
Monday, June 14th, 2010. 10:00AM
For more information, email: tim@citizenstrade.org.
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Global Exchange and the California Fair Trade Coalition Present
A Special Forum:
Monday, June 14th, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS
What it is and what it means for the future of U.S. trade policy
The election of President Obama promised to be a crossroads for U.S. trade policy. Nevertheless, after campaigning as a trade reformer, initial moves by the administration suggest continuity with Bush-Clinton-Bush-era free trade policies.
On June 14, trade ministers from around the world will be in San Francisco to attempt to negotiatie a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which marks the defining moment on U.S. trade policy for the Obama Administration. The choice is stark: a new kind of trade agreement that lifts standards around the world or the expansion of NAFTA-style agreements to Asia and beyond. If the TPP is successfully negotiated, we will have an established Obama trade policy for years to come, for ill or for good.
Please join Global Exchange and the California Fair Trade Coalition as we host a forum of experts from across civil society to explore the opportunities and threats posed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
with
Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange, moderator
Lori Wallach, Public Citizen-Global Trade Watch
Victor Menotti, International Forum on Globalization
Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations
Bill Hing, University of San Francisco School of Law
Carla Perez, Movement Generation (invited)
Alberto Saldamando, International Indian Treaties Council (invited)
Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute (invited)
Tim Robertson, California Fair Trade Coalition
SEIU Local 87
240 Golden Gate Ave. (Golden Gate @ Leavenworth)
San Francisco
For more information please call the CFTC at 415-255-7291 or email tim@citizenstrade.org
Sliding scale of $10 -$25
No one turned away for lack of funds
Past Events:
REPS. GEORGE MILLER AND JOHN GARAMENDI JOIN CFTC TO COSPONSOR TRADE ACT
On January 10th 2010, Reps. Miller and Garamendi joined the CFTC and its allies for a press conference in Concord to announce that they would both cosponser the 2009 Trade, Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment Act (TRADE). Here is a link to the video of the event.
Also speaking were Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation; Gary Allen, General Vice President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Western Territory; Rome Aloise, President of Joint Council 7 and Western Region Vice President for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Lynne McBride, Executive Director of the California Farmers Union; Ray Ortiz, Coast Committeeman for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union; Pam Aguilar, Executive Secretary-Treasurer for the Contra Costa Central Labor Council; and Tim Robertson, director of the California Fair Trade Coalition.
CFTC TESTIFIES TO STATE SENATE PANEL ON FREE TRADE'S ROLE IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING
In a hearing hosted by Senate Pro Tempore Darrel Steinberg, Senator Ellen Corbet, and Senator Mark Desaulnier, the CFTC joined other non-profit speaker by testifying to the prevalence of circumstances behind human trafficking in California. In particular, Free Trade agreements lead to gross income inequalities that leave people vulnerable to human traffickers.
Thanks in part to the testimony of the CFTC, the Senators are even more strongly committed to passing S.B. 657, a bill that would require large retailers to identify and erradicate human trafficking in their supply chains.
TEN YEARS: FROM SEATTLE TO COPENHAGEN
On November 23rd 2009, ten years after the Battle for Seattle, global justice networks are morphing into new movements to turn crises like global climate change into opportunities for political transformation. The CFTC joined this public discussion hosted by the International Forum on Globalization to discuss how responsible trade policy is inseperable from climate change solutions.
With Jerry Mander, Victor Menottii, and Claire Greensfelder, IFG; Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute; Paul Hawken, David Solnit and Rebecca Solnit, local author-activists; Jia Ching Chen, youth-of-color organizer; Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange, Tim Robertson, California Fair Trade Coalition