Oppose the Korea FTA President Bush negotiated this FTA over three years ago, making it a throwback to the last administration, not a starting point for the new one.Contact your members of Congress and ask them to oppose the leftover Korea US Free Trade Agreement.
Korea committed over three-quarter million to lobbying firms to pass this FTA, including a $45,000-per-month contract with lobbying firm Thomas Capitol Partners, $20,000-per-month contract with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, a $20,000-per-month contract with Parven Pomper Strategies, and a $25,000-per-month contract that runs until December with the Fratelli Group, a public relations firm. (Total from June to December = $770,000)
The Trade Act A More Balanced Way to Expand Trade
Urge Your Senators to Cosponsor S.2821
“There is nothing inevitable about the future of trade policy. Change happens because groups like CTC are out there, working in the trenches, making sure people understand how trade can impact their lives everyday.”
-Mike Michaud, Congressman from Maine
“America’s working families need a strong organization to fight against bad trade deals that send good jobs overseas. We are proud to have supported the Citizens Trade Campaign since its inception. The CTC has led the movement against harmful trade policies from the fight against NAFTA, through the Battle in Seattle over the World Trade Organization, to the ongoing controversy involving NAFTA cross-border trucking and the current campaign to pass the TRADE Act.”
-James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
“CTC has helped make trade a litmus test issue in dozens of elections. Eighty-eight new fair trade challenger candidates were elected in 2006 and 2008. In sixty-nine of those races, incumbents supporting past agreements like NAFTA or CAFTA were either retired or replaced by candidates running on a platform of fair trade reform. As the 2010 elections approach, we should continue to seek candidates who support this same platform.”
-Roger Johnson, President of National Farmers Union
The National Labor School (ENS), based in Medellín, Colombia, has reported that 47 trade unionists were murdered there in 2009 alone. This is roughly equivalent to the number of unionists murdered in 2008 - 50 - and is a 25% increase over 2007, when 39 trade unionists were murdered.
International trade is not an end in itself, but a means for achieving societal goals such as economic justice, human rights, healthy communities, and a sound environment. The rules which govern our global economy must reflect the needs of the majority of people on issues including jobs, wages, consumer safety, access to essential services and public health.
After all, trade exists to help people, not the other way arou
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