Peruvian unionists, campesinos, leftists and nationalists came together to stage a massive one-day general strike on July 11.
Près de 2.000 personnes ont pris part, lundi à Yaoundé, à des manifestations organisées par la Plate-forme des acteurs non-étatiques d’Afrique centrale (PANAEC) en vue de demander le retardement de la signature des Accords de partenariat économique (APE) entre l’Union européenne et Afrique centrale prévue pour décembre prochain.
Modelo concentrador y excluyente, polarizador, que busca ser perpetuado con el TLC. Esta situación no es sostenible, se tiene que redistribuir y esto no se hará pasando el sombrero a las mineras, para que además manejen los recursos
Despite threats of military repression by the government, activists said today they would continue the general strike called by the General Federation of Peruvian Workers, which is demanding a better distribution of wealth. Likewise, the National Agrarian Federation will continue its protest against a free trade agreement with the United States.
A Philippine Marine captain on trial for the failed 2003 Oakwood mutiny wants to file graft charges against officials involved in the forging of the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
The Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) and AID/WATCH are pleased to invite you to a strategy workshop on the FTAs entitled: “To Oppose FTAs: Making People Matter”, that will take place on September 4-6, 2007 in Sydney, Australia. The Strategy Workshop on the FTAs is an open and public gathering of trade campaigners within the region specifically timed to coincide with the APEC Leaders’ Meeting in Sydney.
SAN JOSE - El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) en Costa Rica oficializó el jueves el llamado al referendo que decidirá el futuro del tratato de libre comercio entre Centroamérica, República Dominicana y Estados Unidos (CAFTA-RD)
Mujeres de Blanco es una organización de Costa Rica que está luchando de forma creativa, pacífica, ingeniosa y diferente.
The Peruvian National Federation of Mining and Metallurgical Workers announced that they will adhere to the general strike of state teachers demanding salaries and against the Free Trade Treaty (FTT) with the United States.
La Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros y Metalúrgicos de Perú anunció que se unirá a la huelga general de maestros estatales en reclamo de mejoras salariales y contra los Tratados de Libre Comercio
El referendo para decidir el futuro del acuerdo se realizará el 7 de octubre
El Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Construcción (SUNTRACS) y otros grupos sociales panameños se manifestaron este jueves frente a las instalaciones de la Presidencia del país, en contra de la ratificación del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Estados Unidos
Following three days of regional strikes on 25 June - 27 June, the Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU) called a national metal workers’ strike on 28 June 2007 and again on 29 June 2007 in opposition to the signing of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement. Over 110,000 (out of 150,000) KMWU members stopped production lines all over the country, with striking workers joining regional rallies throughout the peninsula on both days.
On Tuesday, July 03, 2007, two Co-Chairs of the Korean Alliance
against the Korea-U.S. FTA, Oh Jong-ryul and Jung Gwang-hoon, were
arrested on charges of carrying out ’illegal’ and ’non-permitted’
protests against the free trade agreement between US and Korea. We call upon individuals and organziations to endorse this protest letter by 13 July 2007.
On the evening of June 26, hundreds of people vigiled in Lima, Peru, to protest the efforts of the ruling Aprista party majority in Congress to push through the "addenda" of a free trade treaty between the US and Peruvian governments.
On June 29, tens of thousands of farmers, workers, and ordinary Korean people gathered throughout the country to protest the signing of the Korea-US FTA. Protests were held in major cities including Seoul, Cheonju, Gwangju, Daegu, Pusan and Changwon. In total, roughly 50,000 gathered in a powerful display of opposition to the Korea-US FTA.
Koreans from all over the U.S. and abroad at the first ever U.S. Social Forum marked the official June 30 signing of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with an “anti-FTA signing ceremony”. Leaders of people’s movements from Korea and the U.S. spoke out against the devastating consequences of NAFTA-style free trade.
Tens of thousands of workers and anti-US activists rallied Friday in central Seoul in monsoon rains to oppose a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States.
Social movements across the African Continent have started arriving in Accra for the 9th Ordinary Summit of the African Union, scheduled for July 2-3, 2007.
Groups of students, professionals, and unions in Panama are protesting the signing Thursday of a free trade agreement with the US, for considering it an affront to the country s sovereignty and dignity.