Stop the Job and Democracy Killing Free Trade Agreements (58)
Hundreds of Union Workers and Allies Storm Capitol Hill to Tell Lawmakers to Stop Fast Track
Written by CWA Newsletter
In a show of solidarity, as many as 800 union and community activists from across economic sectors came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to tell their members of Congress to reject Fast Track for bad trade deals.
The debate over fast-track trade authority – designed to grease the tracks for a vote on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) accords still in negotiation – ought to be the occasion for a fundamental review of our global economic strategy.
We know that it is broken. We’ve racked up unprecedented deficits year after year. The unsustainable imbalances contributed directly to the bubble and bust that blew up the global economy. We’ve watched good jobs shipped abroad, devastating America’s manufacturing prowess. We’ve seen workers’ wages decline and inequality grow to new extremes. Doing more of the same and expecting a different result is the very definition of insanity. Clearly, a comprehensive review is long overdue.
Stop fast-track authority from removing the voice of the 100 percent
Written by Sister Simone Campbell | The Hill
The wellbeing of people, not profits, must be the goal of U.S. trade agreements. Given how today’s agreements will broadly impact the daily lives and livelihoods of all Americans – and tens of millions around the world – we cannot afford to have them guided by partisan politics or the narrow interests of large corporations.
On Capitol Hill: ‘Big Tent’ News Conference Shows Big Opposition to Fast Track, TPP
Written by CWA
An amazing line-up of Members of Congress, union activists, environmental leaders, people of faith, small business and community leaders stood together on Capitol Hill today to show the broad and growing opposition to Fast Track authority for trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Stopping the Biggest Corporate Power Grab in Years
Written by Arthur Stamoulis | Common Dreams
How fighting back against one arcane, Nixon-era trade negotiating procedure could put a stop to a global corporate coup.
Is Push for Corporate-Friendly Trade Deal Top 2015 Priority for White House?
Written by Jon Queally | Common Dreams
Critics say TPP represents an anti-democratic set of policies that have more to do with consolidating corporate power across international borders than boosting so-called "free trade"
Sanders: TPP Trade Deal a ‘Disaster’
Written by Sen. Bernie Sanders | Common Dreams
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he will oppose a major global trade deal that would lead to fewer jobs and lower pay for workers in the United States.
Sanders said he would work with organized labor, environmental groups and other opponents of a 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership that the White House hopes to rush through Congress in the coming year. He issued a statement citing 10 reasons to oppose the agreement.
Can Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders And Sherrod Brown Stop The TPP?
Written by Down With Tyranny
Alan Grayson called the TPP "the final nail in the coffin of the middle class in this country." Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), whose husband worked to pass NAFTA and whose tenant-- Rahm Emanuel-- is credited with getting it through the House, said "Enough is enough: no more offshoring, no more NAFTA-style trade deals."
Senator Warren Takes On TPP
Written by Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams
In letter to U.S. Trade Representative Froman, trio of senators warns how trade deal could make it harder to prevent another financial crisis
Obama Ready to Defy Base in Order to Advance Trans-Pacific Partnership
Written by Deidre Fulton | Common Dreams
In a speech before CEOs of major U.S. corporations, Obama indicates he's ready to go head-to-head with Democrats, labor unions, and environmentalists on trade deals
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Can 1 Million People Stop a Bad Trade Deal for Europe?
Written by Eve Mitchell Common Dreams
In July, a group of people set off to do a hard thing, but an important thing. They wanted to collect 1 million signatures. Once attained, those 1 million signatures would force the European Commission to discuss an immediate halt to the ongoing trade talks between the EU and U.S. These talks are known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. For short, they are called the TTIP.
Commuters in the nation's capital are meeting the victims of bad trade deals. For the next four weeks, the Capitol South Metro Station in Washington, D.C., will be dominated by TPP Ads.
Leaked TTIP Documents Reveal Powerful Chemical Industry Wins
Written by Nadia Prupis | Common Dreams
Corporate interests may be winning in U.S.-EU trade negotiations, endangering public health and the environment, a new cache of documents (pdf) leaked on Tuesday show.
Hundreds Of Organizations Ask For Change In Trade Policies
Written by Dave Johnson | Campaign for America's Future
The letter asks for a new process for reaching trade agreements in which Congress has a role in selecting trade partners and in which Congress sets up a set of negotiating objectives that must be achieved.
Approximately 600 organizations have sent a formal, public letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) opposing "fast-track" trade promotion authority and calling for a new system for negotiating and implementing trade agreements. The letter asks for trade pacts that "deliver benefits for most Americans, promote broadly shared prosperity, and safeguard the environment and public health."Read the letter here