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Statement of the UE-GE
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Free Trade Area of the Americas

The following statement was adopted three days before the Quebec summit meeting during which heads of state from throughout the Americas approved a framework for creating the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

The UE-GE Conference Board stands in solidarity with working people all over the world who have joined the struggle against corporate and government trade policies that are systematically destroying our jobs, our communities, and the environment. This week we watch as tens of thousands of ordinary people converge on the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, Quebec, to expose and denounce the work of trade ministers and heads of state who are planning the next stage of the globalization attack on working people.

The business and political leaders meeting behind closed doors in Quebec are constructing the so-called "Free Trade Area of the Americas" (FTAA). The ultimate goal of the FTAA is increase corporate profits by further reducing the wages and living standards of working people throughout our hemisphere. This will be accomplished as corporations – such as the General Electric Company – utilize deals like FTAA to downsize and move production to those countries where labor costs and working conditions are at the lowest possible levels.

It's time for completely new trade policies that put people and the environment before the greed of politicians and big business. Nothing less will do.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE UE-GE CONFERENCE BOARD:

  1. Demands that the U.S. Congress oppose the corrupt and anti-workers FTAA;

  2. Demands that the U.S. Congress oppose the undemocratic "Fast Track" mechanism;

  3. Stands in full support of those trade unions, students, farmers, and other working people demonstrating against the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, Quebec.

Adopted April 18, 2001 (unanimously)
Erie, Pennsylvania

(Note: the UE-GE Conference Board consists of delegates from UE Local unions which represent UE members employed by the General Electric Company.) 
    

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UE Convention Resolution on FTAA (UE Policy)

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Stop FTAA and 'Fast Track' (UE Political Action Issues Briefing)

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB
•   stopftaa.org - background information
•  CitiAction - info and links
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More links and background info:
Visit the UE Local 1172 website


 

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