New deal or no deal!
NEW DEAL or NO DEAL!
Trade Ministers to Meet in San Francisco to Negotiate the Largest Trade Pact since NAFTA
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a new framework among eight (8) nations: Australia, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States, could establish new parameters for corporations to exploit workers here and abroad for profit
We Must Stand Up and...
– SAY NO to offshoring American jobs!
– SAY NO to gutting the environment!
– SAY NO to more unsafe imports!
BE THERE AND BE HEARD!
RALLY FOR NEW FAIR TRADE AGENDA
JUNE 14, 2010, 10am
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
756 Mission St. (btwn 3rd & 4th St.), San Francisco
WHAT
– Fair trade rally with speakers and hundreds of attendees from San Francisco and Bay Area organizations. TPP trade talks are a perfect time and place to unite for fair trade!
– The rally will be followed by a short march to the site of the TPP talks to let trade negotiators know that we deserve a fair deal or no deal!
WHO
– Art Pulaski, President, California Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
– Carl Pope, former Executive Director, Sierra Club
– Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor, Richmond
– Ross Mirakimi, District 5 Supervisor, San Francisco
– Tim Paulson, Executive Director, San Francisco Labor Council
– Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, Oakland Institute
– George Davis, Vice President, California Farmers Union
– Victor Menotti, Executive Director, International Forum on Globalization
– Zeke Grader, Executive Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations
– Tim Robertson, Director, California Fair Trade Coalition
– Willie Adams, International Secretary-Treasurer, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (invited)
– Hundreds of activists and supporters and YOU!
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
President Obama campaigned on a platform for fair trade. TPP talks—the most significant negotiations that the Obama Administration has participated in—will be the opportunity to measure how he lives up to his campaign promises for fair trade, an issue that continues to decide election outcomes in many swing states. It is imperative that people take action to pressure for new trade policies, since current US trade policy, exploits communities, labor, and the environment, all under the guise of "growth."
AND
Global Exchange and the California Fair Trade Coalition Present A Forum
THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS
What it is and What it Means for the Future of U.S. Trade Policy
JUNE 14, 2010, 7-9pm
SEIU Local 87
240 Golden Gate Ave. (Golden Gate @ Leavenworth), San Francisco
A Forum With:
– Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange, moderator
– Lori Wallach, Public Citizen-Global Trade Watch
– Victor Menotti, International Forum on Globalization
– Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations
– Bill Hing, University of San Francisco School of Law
– Carla Perez, Movement Generation (invited)
– Alberto Saldamando, International Indian Treaties Council (invited)
– Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute (invited)
– Tim Robertson, California Fair Trade Coalition
– SEIU Local 87
240 Golden Gate Ave. (Golden Gate @ Leavenworth)
San Francisco
For more information please call the CFTC at 415-255-7291 or email tim@citizenstrade.org
Sliding scale of $10 -$25
No one turned away for lack of funds
Show trade negotiators that fair trade advocates will pay close attention to the decisions made the week of June 14!
LET’S GUARANTEE THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD!
