Legislative leaders should be protecting and promoting American jobs, family farms and our rural communities through sound economic, environmental and labor policies. This trade agreement doesn’t adequately promotes these values
Religious and peace activists are demanding that President Obama keep a campaign promise to oppose a trade deal with a South American nation.
Last weekend, municipal councillors from across Canada met in Halifax for the annual Federation of Canadian Municipalities convention. On the agenda were infrastructure renewal, how to best deliver social services, and how cities should confront climate change. But if you were following the FCM’s Twitter hashtag Saturday morning, you’ll have seen that trade was perhaps the most controversial topic of discussion, namely the Canada-EU free trade agreement.
Countering GOP demands for the passage of three seriously-flawed trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) today launched a targeted, informational ad campaign on Facebook.
Himachal Pradesh Apple Growers Association has decided to hold massive protest demonstrations throughout the state on 6th June 2011 against the government’s free trade agreements which allow foreign apples to come in at increasingly reduced rates.
Governor General David Johnston said Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper would work with Washington to create a continental security perimeter around Canada and the United States "ensuring that people and goods can flow freely and safely between our two countries."
California, with its 53 Members of Congress, is key to stopping these FTAs and protecting worker power both in the US and abroad.
El pasado 1º de mayo, día internacional del trabajo, la policía reprimió las multitudinarias actividades que se adelantaban en Bogotá, Medellín y Cali.
Los trabajadores colombianos marcharán este domingo contra el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) que firmó su país con Estados Unidos en 2006, por estimar que su implementación afectará la economía y traerá desempleo a la nación sudamericana.
Ska Keller, a Green member of the European Parliament, has warned that the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and European Union will have serious consequences for the Indian people.
Los sindicatos colombianos anunciaron hoy una ofensiva en Estados Unidos para evitar que avance el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC), tras el acuerdo logrado por los gobiernos de los dos países para aprobarlo este año.
Un centenar de diputados mexicanos pidió hoy públicamente al Senado que no ratifique y evite así la entrada en vigor de un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Perú que incluye "productos sensibles para el sector agropecuario" de México.
Congress is poised to ratify a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia in spite of vehement opposition both here in the US and in Colombia.
In Colombia’s largest demonstration since President Juan Manuel Santos took office last August, tens of thousands of unionists, students and teachers demonstrated throughout the country on April 7 to protest a free trade agreement with the US and proposed changes in the education system that they say will lead to privatization.
After four years of talks, India and the European Union are narrowing down their differences on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement that critics in India and elsewhere say could have a devastating impact on public health by hampering access to life-saving drugs for millions of people.
Alors que se tient à Ottawa, derrière des portes closes, la 7e ronde de négociations en vue d’en arriver à un Accord économique et commercial global entre le Canada et l’Union européenne, le Secrétariat intersyndical des services publics, représentant 330 000 personnes travaillant dans les services publics québécois, joint sa voix au Réseau québécois sur l’intégration continentale pour dénoncer le manque de transparence dans ces négociations.
The Council of Canadians is encouraged the federal and provincial governments have postponed an exchange of offers with the European Union before a seventh round of Canada-EU free trade negotiations next week.
La Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia (CUT) y la Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia (CTC) coincidieron hoy en que la iniciativa presidencial es "un anexo" que no influye en su rechazo al TLC
"We have no doubt that if 51 CEOs had been murdered in Colombia last year, this deal would be on a very slow track indeed," says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
The United Steelworkers is both disappointed and outraged to learn that the Obama Administration has apparently reached an agreement with Colombia over a free trade agreement.