Dear members,
On Wednesday the Korea, Panama and Colombia pacts will be voted on in Congress.
That means our time to stop these awful deals is running short. These business-as-usual trade proposals favor Wall Street fat cats, tax evaders and job offshorers over the ordinary working people, consumers, family farmers, and the environment. It's up to us to fight back!
Together, we can make public opposition to business-as-usual trade deals the number one topic of discussion in each-and-every Congressional office. But only if you call in!
Making your voice heard today is fast and simple:
1.) Call 1-800-718-1008 and asked to be connected to your U.S. Representative. (If you don't know who that is, provide your address and the operator who answers can help you.)
2.) Once connected, say something like: "I want my Congressperson to oppose the Korea, Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements. Where do they stand on this issue?"
3.) Once you get off the line, please report back what you hear using this online form.
It's that easy! If you find that the lines are already jammed when you call, just call again — and keep calling until you get through. (You can also contact your elected officials any time using the Citizen Trade Campaign's online action tool.)
Only by calling our elected officials and letting them know we're watching can we stop these heinous proposals:
--- The Korea Free Trade Agreement would become the biggest trade pact of its type since NAFTA. It would displace a net 159,000 good-paying U.S. jobs in manufacturing, high-tech and green-tech.
--- The Colombia Free Trade Agreement would reward human rights violators in the deadliest place in the world to be a trade unionist. In 2010, at least 51 trade unionists were assassinated in Colombia — more than in the rest of the world combined. So far in 2011, another 22 have also been killed, despite Colombia's so-called "Labor Action Plan." Would Congress reward a country were 51 CEOs were gunned down in one year?
--- The Panama Free Trade Agreement would make it harder to crack down on money launderers and tax dodgers in a notorious offshore tax haven.
If even a small fraction of the people who are angry about job-killing, NAFTA-style trade deals call today to stop the Korea, Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements our message of opposition to these proposed trade agreements will be louder and clearer than ever before.
Enough is enough! Please call your U.S. Representative right now at 1-800-718-1008 and urge them to vote NO on the Korea, Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements. We can still stop these deals, but only with your help!
