The Oregon Fair Trade Campaign has developed an online petition to express your support for the Trade Act of 2008. This is a brand new petition available at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/43/support-the-TRADE-Act. It urges our representatives to co-sponsor the Trade Act. Please click the link and sign on. I was the 39th person to sign on; many of the people signing before me were from out of state and some out of country. Let's see a lot more Oregonians on there.
We have a goal of 1000 signers. Please forward this message.
Landmark new
fair trade legislation was recently introduced into Congress -- your help is needed to get it moving.
The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act (HR.6180/S.3083) shifts the trade debate in favor of new rules for globalization that will ensure economic security and solid jobs for American workers, while offering opportunities for sustainable development in poor countries -- all in a manner that actually improves public health, consumer safety, the environment and democratic accountability.
The TRADE Act's commonsense provisions:
* Establish mandatory standards for future trade agreements regarding labor, the environment, consumer safety, trade in services, public procurement, agriculture, intellectual property, states' rights and more.
* Require the review and renegotiation of existing trade pacts, such as NAFTA, CAFTA and the WTO, so that they meet the new standards.
* Reassert Congressional authority and public oversight in the trade policymaking process.
Please sign the petition to ask Members of Congress from Oregon to cosponsor this important bill at: