June 11th in DC: People’s Forum on the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement
Peoples’ Forum on the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KorUS FTA):
Fighting for Our Jobs, Health, Environment and Human Rights
– Monday, June 11, 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
– Lobby Workshop 1:30-3 p.m.
– AFL-CIO Building, Gompers Room, 815 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC
The Bush administration is poised to sign the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KorUS FTA), the second
largest trade deal since the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA).
The KorUS FTA will eliminate jobs in both countries, further erode the rights of workers, degrade the environment, destroy farmers’ livelihoods, cut peoples’ access to medicine, and embolden foreign corporations to overturn sovereign local, state and federal laws. If passed, the Korea FTA will be the model used by multinational corporations to expand trade liberalization, weaken labor standards, and enforce patents on life-saving drugs throughout Asia.
Leading experts from South Korea and the U.S. will share analyses about how the KorUS FTA will impact jobs, health, environment and human rights, and what we can do to move towards a more just trade vision.
Join us for a one-day teach-in and lobby workshop sponsored by Korean Americans for Fair Trade (KAFT), Alliance for Responsible Trade (ART), AFL-CIO, and the 50 Years is Enough Network.
Speakers:
– Young Koo Heo,VP, Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU),
– Seo Joon-seop, Korean Alliance Against the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KoA) and the Korean Government Employee’s Union (KGEU),
– Geun Tae Park, Korean Metalworkers Unions,
– Thea Lee, AFL-CIO
– Doug Meyer, UAW
– Michael Greger, MD, National Humane Society of the US
– Mike Palmedo, Center for Information Justice and Intellectual Property
– Sofia Plagakis, Center for International and Environmental Law (CIEL)
If you plan to attend, please RSVP, as lunch will be served.
For more information, go to www.kaft.org or contact Christine Ahn at christineahn@mac.com or by phone (310) 482-9333.
