"Giant Sucking Sound" Returns
Wednesday, April 13, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Despite the tens of thousands of jobs
already lost to NAFTA, the Bush Administration
is now pushing CAFTA, the Central American Free
Trade Agreement, which would eliminate tariffs
among the United States, five Central American
countries and the Dominican Republic, extending
the disastrous job loss, increasing inequality
and environmental damage already caused by more
than a decade of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA). As Congress opens hearings
on the pact tomorrow, working families, along
with environmental, student, religious and
family farm activists, are mobilizing to stop
CAFTA. Call 1-888-355-3588 (Wednesday ONLY) and
speak with your Congressmember to tell them to
say NO to sending more jobs overseas. An
AFL-CIO report, "The Real Record on Workers'
Rights in Central America," shows 40 percent of
Central America's workers earn less than $2 a
day and workers' rights are routinely abused.
For more information on CAFTA, click
here.