[Pacg] Join Congressman Phil Hare: Press Conference on Columbia Free Trade Agreement

[Carolina 1961]

*JOIN CONGRESSMAN PHIL HARE
*
*Friday, April 11, 11:00am
Laborer's Hall, 2835 7th Avenue Rock Island*

Join Congressman Hare for a press conference as he speaks out against the
Columbia Free Trade Agreement (for more information see below)

*ACTION ALERT:*

Friends,

Please thanks Congressman Hare for speaking out in opposition to this bill
and be sure to call Congressman Braley as well... ask him to vote No on the
US-Columbia Free Trade Agreement.


With the U.S economy in near free fall, President Bush has sent the
U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to Capitol Hill—Bush wants to force
a vote before he leaves office next January.

The all-out, nationwide mobilization to let members of Congress know that
working Americans oppose this deal begins today.

As the fight gears up, we need to know whose side your members of
Congress are on.

*Call your senators and representative today to ask if they will side with
workers and oppose the Colombia FTA. The call is toll free:*

*1-866-338-5720*

*We need you to report back to us: Click
here<http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/call_no_colombia_fta/uxxnubz07n65776?>to
let us know how your lawmakers will vote.
*

The deal is wrong for workers in both countries.

Bush has made passing this agreement a priority, even though it will do next
to nothing for the failing U.S. economy.

The Colombia FTA represents a continuation of the Bush administration's
failed trade policies, an agenda that has contributed to the loss of more
than 3 million manufacturing jobs since 2000, skyrocketing trade deficits
and shrinking paychecks.

Colombia remains the most dangerous country in the world for union
members—39 trade unionists were murdered in 2007 and another 17 to date in
2008. Of the more than 2,500 murders of trade unionists since 1986,
only some 70 cases—about 3 percent—have resulted in convictions.

Balanced trade agreements must guarantee the right to organize, lift the
lives of workers in both countries and prevent exploitation. But this can't
happen in a country where workers who try to organize are killed.

Colombia's government has thwarted workers' right to organize and bargain
collectively—by weakening labor protections, refusing to register legitimate
unions and failing to enforce the law against anti-union discrimination.

*Remember to call your representative and senators today. Tell them to
oppose the Colombia FTA: 1-866-338-5720.*

In solidarity,

Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO

*P.S. Please tell your friends to* *call the U.S. House and Senate today at
1-866-338-5720. Together, we can stop the Colombia FTA.*
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