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A Friday, January 14 rally to stop the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) in San Francisco will highlight many of the concerns shared by organizations including the ILWU. The rally will start at noon at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, at 7th and Mission in San Francisco. The flier can be seen full-size by clicking on the image above.
On December 13, 2010, ILWU International President Robert McEllrath wrote in a letter to Speaker Pelosi:
On December 10, 2010, the International Executive Board of the ILWU voted unanimously to oppose the KORUS FTA. The ILWU will not support trade policy that exacerbates inequities, awards special rights to foreign investors, allows banks to practice the same disastrous policies that resulted in the current economic downturn, opens domestic environmental laws to foreign challenge, increases the trade deficit, and costs jobs.
We urge Congress to support the Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act, which outlines a way forward to a new trade and globalization agenda that would be better for labor, the environment, the economy, consumers, and our trade partners.
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