Pacific NGOs, churches and trade unions working on trade justice issues are concerned about the push for free trade agreements in the Pacific and the grave risk that these agreements pose for our people.
Pacific NGOs, churches and unions have released a joint statement on trade justice in the Pacific warning of the costs of a free trade deal with Australia and NZ, and urging Pacific leaders to be wary that a new seasonal workers’ scheme could be used as a bargaining chip to enter free trade negotiations.
El envío de fuerzas militares a controlar instalaciones petroleras y carreteras parcialmente ocupadas por indígenas amazónicos, acrecienta hoy la tensión en torno al conflicto iniciado hace diez días y sin visos de solución
Alberto Pizango, dirigente de las comunidades nativas, aseguró que no depondrán este medida de fuerza que acatan desde hace nueve días. La carretera Fernando Belaunde, a la altura del puente Corral Quemado, sigue bloqueada por unos tres mil manifestantes
Southern African non-governmental organisations have put forward demands to their governments in resistance to the continuing talks on economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.
South Korean police arrested nearly 160 people at a rally in Seoul Friday night opposing the resumption of US beef imports. It was Korean activists’ 100th major demonstration against the beef deal.
Los indígenas amazónicos peruanos cumplieron hoy una semana de protestas y ratificaron la exigencia de que el presidente Alan García viaje a un pequeño pueblo selvático a dialogar con ellos sobre el conflicto
Los originarios amazónicos demandan la anulación de decenas de decretos que, según afirman, atentan contra sus derechos a la tierra y al hábitat y facilitan la privatización de sus tierras colectivas. Las normas cuestionadas fueron dictadas por el gobierno para cumplir las exigencias de un tratado de libre comercio (TLC) firmado con Estados Unidos
Que los nativos aguarunas de la zona de Bagua, en Amazonas, están en pie de guerra, es una evidencia que se palpa desde que uno trata de llegar a la Central Hidroeléctrica de Aramango, sin actividad desde que el sábado los indígenas amazónicos de varias regiones del país iniciaron su movilización nacional para protestar por los 38 decretos que conforman lo que llaman el "autogolpe legislativo del TLC"
A Filipino movement against “unfair" economic treaties on Wednesday welcomed Sen. Mar Roxas III’s move to suspend deliberations on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa).
We visited Colombia from July 18-25 on behalf of one million Canadian public sector workers. Our mission was to see for ourselves whether our opposition to the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement was justified. What we saw and learned confirmed that we are right to oppose this deal and to speak out against it on behalf of Colombian workers and their families.
For the past two months, protesters have been filling the streets of Seoul condemning a decision to lift a ban on imported beef from the United States. We speak with Michael Hansen, senior scientist for Consumers Union.
The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions has joined in the call for the government to postpone signing the Economic Partnership Agreement recently negotiated with the European Union.
Korean citizens voice opposition to US beef deal, Afghan troop deployment and KORUS FTA
When KCTU called for general strike on July 2nd, renegotiation of the April 18 Protocol on US beef import to reflect food safety concerns was declared as one of priorities of strike aims. The Ministry of Labor and prosecutor explained that this was the main reason that it was illegal. This is a repetition of the South Korean government’s very narrow interpretation that the only legal aims of strikes be related to wages and working conditions.
La lutte contre la signature des Ape qui a tenu en haleine le Sénégal semble être reléguée au second plan. Et, aujourd’hui, c’est le relâchement. Des producteurs du Nord, conscients que ce sont eux qui souffriront si ces accords de partenariat économique venaient à être signés, sont montés au créneau pour réaffirmer leur désaccord.
Manifestamos nuestra satisfacción por el anuncio hecho por el presidente de Honduras de adherirse a la Alternativa Bolivariana de las Américas ALBA, por cuanto es vital para nuestros pueblos, la integración en un bloque de países hermanos, bajo un proyecto emancipatorio, frente al proyecto imperial neoliberal de dominación, que impulsa el saqueo de los recursos naturales y la explotación de nuestros pueblos
Interview with Aziz Choudry on the collapse of WTO talks in Geneva, and what’s happening with FTAs, aired on CKUT Radio’s Off the Hour, Tuesday edition, 5 August 2008.
A Filipino fisherfolk alliance is set to lead an across-the-country campaign to oppose the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa), which is still pending ratification in the Senate.
The undersigned ask the Philippine Senate to fulfill its role as check and balance to the Executive branch of government, to do right by the Filipino people and reject this infirm, lopsided, unlawful and unconstitutional treaty.