http://tppxborder.org/blog/
On the website, each bullet point is a link to find out more!!
•It is only getting bigger by the day: Thailand knocking at the TPP Door
•We have not learned from NAFTA: Mexico ordered to pay Cargill $95 million for attempting to keep out high-fructose corn syrup
•In Free Trade Agreements, corporate profits always trump the environment: Canada/Quebec sued under NAFTA for its ban on fracking by a US corporation
•It Doesn’t Matter if you are a sovereign nation with labor and environmental laws: Here is a list of the NAFTA chapter 11 cases
•Or just trying to survive with a life-threatening illness on a few dollars a day: Public Health advocates in Malaysia protest reduced access to generic medicines in trade deals
•Congress is trying, but those who we elect are not part of negotiating this deal-our democracy is at stake! Recent Sign-On Letter to President Obama from Senator Al Franken on the labor rights concerns in the TPP. Urge Senators Cantwell and Murray to sign it!
•Sweatshops still exist: Here is a recent report by Right2Work
• Companies are willing to invest millions of dollars to keep consumers in the dark: Here are the corporations who defeated the GMO labeling initiative in California
•Only when we connect our issues, and combine our strength can we succeed: Dec. 1st is also world AIDS Day
•We are not alone, we are the majority, and our voices are needed for trade to ever benefit workers and support healthy communities and a sustainable planet: One Million Sign Avaaz petition to stop the Corporate Death Star aka theTPP!!!!
This Dec. 1st Get on the Fair Trade Bus & take Action Against the TransPacific Partnership!!
Join trade justice advocates from Canada, Mexico, and the US from DC to Northern, California, Oregon and WA!
The day will include a rally/action with Seattle’s Labor Chorus, Seattle Fandango Project as well as Movitas a radical marching band, speakers from First Nations tribes in Canada fighting to protect their sovereignty, workers from Kimberly Clark’s Mill in Everett who has their jobs off-shored this year, Philippine-US Solidarity Organization sharing tales of free-trade in Asia, farm justice advocates from Community to Community and international advocates from the Council of Canadians, the national AFL-CIO, Washington State Labor Council and a super fun TPP people’s action!
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