Category Archives: TPP

Video: Global Worker Solidarity Against the Trans-Pacific Partnership!

Posted on August 31, 2013 by ORFTC

Strong message of global solidarity from our friend Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO’s trade expert who met with some of our Oregon labor leaders in Portland last month. Please don’t miss the powerful video on the TPP below! Don’t Let Corporations Hijack … Continue reading →

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Take Action to End Labor Abuses & Protect Family-Wage Jobs

Posted on July 31, 2013 by ORFTC

Following President Obama’s meeting with Vietnamese President Troung Tan Sang last week to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), we are calling for TPP negotiations with Vietnam to be suspended until the Vietnamese government demonstrates that it has brought labor and … Continue reading →

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Protest in Canada to demand “an end to the silence” on the TPP

Posted on June 30, 2013 by ORFTC

Fair trade activists put the spotlight on secretive international trade negotiations in Vancouver B.C. Negotiators from 11 Pacific Rim countries met quietly in Vancouver to set new investment rules within the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). No announcement of this “intersessional” … Continue reading →

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What’s on the Table? TPP threatens Oregon’s food safety, dairy farmers and the environment

Posted on May 31, 2013 by ORFTC

On May 21st, 2013 State Rep. Brad Witt held an informal hearing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that he chairs. This hearing could not have been more timely as thousands across the globe … Continue reading →

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Seven Reasons to Fight the TPP

Posted on April 30, 2013 by ORFTC

By Arthur Stamoulis The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a massive new trade and investment pact being pushed by the U.S. government at the behest of transnational corporations, threatening the economy, environment and public health both at home and abroad. The … Continue reading →

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400+ Organizations Speak Out on the TPP & Fast Track

Posted on March 4, 2013 by ORFTC

Over 400 organizations across the country, representing more than 15 million Americans, signed the letter to Congress expressing deep concerns about the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and opposition to the outdated “Fast Track” trade negotiating and approval process. Here in … Continue reading →

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Oregon Among the States Hit Hardest by Offshoring in 2012

Posted on February 12, 2013 by ORFTC

Government Data Shows Oregon Lost 4th Most Jobs in Country by Population; Trans-Pacific Partnership Could Accelerate Job Loss Even Further Portland, Ore. —  An  Oregon fair trade advocacy coalition has released a new analysis of U.S. Labor Department data showing … Continue reading →

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Historic Cross-Border Organizing Summit to Defeat the TPP

Posted on October 24, 2012 by CTC

ORFTC brought over a busload of volunteer organizers to the historic Cross-Border Organizing Summit & Rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership taking place along the U.S./Canada border in Blaine, Washington on Saturday, December 1.  [Check out photos on our Facebook page.] … Continue reading →

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New Legislation Would Prevent Another NAFTA

Posted on August 1, 2012 by CTC

As trade negotiators rush to complete the massive new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement, we need your help encouraging our elected officials to stand up and declare an end to business-as-usual trade policy. Please email Senators Wyden and Merkley now and … Continue reading →

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