The Colombia
FTA represents a continuation of the Bush administration’s failed trade
policies, an agenda that has contributed to the loss of over 3 million
manufacturing jobs since 2000- John Sweeney, AFL-CIO President
URGENT E-ACTION NEEDED BY ALL
from Afl-Cio Webblog story entitled "Act Now to Stop Colombia Free Trade Deal" (3/24/08)
A Colombian worker in Bogata protests the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
With the U.S. economy in near free fall, President Bush has said he will send the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) to Capitol Hill and demand a vote before he leaves office next
January. Bush has made passing this agreement, which will do next to
nothing for the failing U.S. economy, a priority.
Despite
objections by the Democratic congressional leadership, the
administration may formally send the agreement to Congress as early as
next week when Congress returns from its Easter recess on March 31.
Under Fast Track trade authority rules, the House of Representatives
would likely face an up-or-down vote on the Colombia deal before the
end of July.
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is calling for an
all-out nationwide mobilization to let members of Congress know that
working Americans oppose this deal because it is wrong for workers in
both countries. (Click here
to tell your representative to oppose a trade deal with Colombia until
their government makes real progress in protecting the lives and rights
of union members.)
Says Sweeney:
The Colombia FTA
represents a continuation of the Bush administration’s failed trade
policies, an agenda that has contributed to the loss of over 3 million
manufacturing jobs since 2000, skyrocketing trade deficits and
paychecks that are shrinking at an accelerating rate.
Meanwhile, Colombia
remains the most dangerous country in the world in which to be a union
member—39 trade unionists were murdered in 2007, and another 11 to date
in 2008. Of the more than 2,500 murders of trade unionists since
1986, only about 70 cases—around 3 percent—have resulted in
convictions. Read Full Story
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