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• Make trade fair by giving to MFTC

  December 8, 2011 in Uncategorized

  December 5, 2011 Dear friend, It has been an exciting and challenging year of transition for the Maine Fair Trade Campaign. MFTC is 61 coalition members strong: 61 Maine organizations are working together to change the rules of the economy so it benefits workers, the environment, and small farmers here in Maine and around the [...]

• Trade and immigration

  May 3, 2010 in Uncategorized

  500 people rallied in Portland yesterday for immigration reform. Kudos to our friends at PICA who made sure the message of trade made it into the news coverage in the Bangor Daily News. http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/142488.html “Activists from People in Community Alliances — a Bangor organization that advocates for human and worker rights — attended the march [...]

• Trade stories from Jay, Maine

  January 25, 2010 in Uncategorized

  What happens to a community when unfair trade shuts down the largest employer? Go to Jay, Maine to find out. On December 30, folks from MFTC and PICA (Peace through Interamerican Community Action) traveled to Jay, Maine to interview laid-off workers. The folks at the Otis mill in Jay were laid off in 2009 when [...]

• Battle in Seattle- 10th Anniversary

  December 17, 2009 in Uncategorized

  November 30- December 5, 1999 was the start of something big. That was the week when protesters shut down the World Trade Organization Meetings in Seattle, Washington. New alliances came together- workers, farmers, environmentalists, and faith leaders- to say NO to the WTO and YES to a new vision for a just and sustainable global [...]

• MFTC in D.C.

  November 17, 2009 in Uncategorized

  On Thursday, Nov. 5th a delegation of Maine Fair Traders went to D.C. to meet with Senator Snowe about The TRADE Act. Although we were disappointed she canceled on us, we did get to meet with her Legislative Director Ron Lefrancois, and had a good talk with him about why Maine needs the TRADE Act. [...]