Oregonians Support the TRADE Act
Target:
Oregon's Congressional Delegation
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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 this petition to ask Members of Congress from Oregon to cosponsor this important bill.
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 this petition to ask Members of Congress from Oregon to cosponsor this important bill.
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 this petition to ask Members of Congress from Oregon to cosponsor this important bill.
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 this petition to ask Members of Congress from Oregon to cosponsor this important bill.
Trade policies that create a global "race to the bottom" in working conditions, wages, environmental standards and human rights are hurting Oregon. There can be real benefits to international trade, but many people in communities across Oregon and the world have been harmed under the existing trade model.
We the undersigned therefore urge you to cosponsor the Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act, HR.6180/S.3083. This commonsense legislation will help ensure that U.S. trade policy finally becomes a means of improving living standards, retaining good jobs, protecting the environment and safeguarding public health.
Thank you for your consideration.
We the undersigned therefore urge you to cosponsor the Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act, HR.6180/S.3083. This commonsense legislation will help ensure that U.S. trade policy finally becomes a means of improving living standards, retaining good jobs, protecting the environment and safeguarding public health.
Thank you for your consideration.
We signed the "Oregonians Support the TRADE Act" petition!
# 152:
8:36 pm PDT, Apr 18,
Jamie Lee, California
# 151:
8:56 am PDT, Apr 18,
Jon Corlett, Florida
# 150:
8:47 am PDT, Apr 14,
Bob Wimer, Michigan
We have to fix these badly flawed one sided trade deals that are destoying America.
We have to fix these badly flawed one sided trade deals that are destoying America.
# 149:
5:50 am PDT, Mar 14,
David N Moore, Connecticut
# 148:
12:31 am PST, Feb 19,
Lynda Harding, United Kingdom
# 147:
7:02 pm PST, Dec 28,
Jennifer Gardner, Florida
# 146:
2:51 pm PDT, Oct 15,
Dennis Finn, New York
This country needs good paying jobs and our food supply needs to be protected.
This country needs good paying jobs and our food supply needs to be protected.
# 145:
7:30 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 144:
10:27 am PDT, Oct 1,
Freddie Geisler, Florida
# 143:
2:13 pm PDT, Sep 18,
Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 142:
4:23 am PDT, Sep 18,
Jo Beall, Oregon
# 141:
8:52 pm PDT, Sep 9,
Sonya Kazen, Oregon
America's trade policies are having an enormous impact on the health of the global environment. The public's desire for cheap consumer goods, and poor trade policies, has result in serious loss of American jobs particularly in the manufacturing sector. At the same time, international corporations are making record profits while the workers in developing countries are working in deplorable conditions. This process which values quick capital dividends while effecting environmental destruction and turning a blind eye to workers rights and needs in these developing economies is shameful. This bill is a step in the right direction to turn this destructure cycle around.
America's trade policies are having an enormous impact on the health of the global environment. The public's desire for cheap consumer goods, and poor trade policies, has result in serious loss of American jobs particularly in the manufacturing sector. At the same time, international corporations are making record profits while the workers in developing countries are working in deplorable conditions. This process which values quick capital dividends while effecting environmental destruction and turning a blind eye to workers rights and needs in these developing economies is shameful. This bill is a step in the right direction to turn this destructure cycle around.
# 140:
8:44 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Maneesh Pangasa, Arizona
Free trade is fine and all. It has some benefits with reducing or eliminating tariffs to competition in a global marketplace and allowing U.S. companies to export and sell their goods tariff free in other countries, and other countries to export their goods tariff free in the U.S.A. However, it has some drawbacks. Products made in China and imported into the U.S. are made in Chinese sweat shops by workers who get little pay and have lousy working conditions. Some of the workers turn out to be children as China has not had any child labor laws. Safety regulations in China are less than in the U.S. This means goods made in China and imported into the U.S. might not always be as safe as they should and could be. There are no labor unions for defending worker's rights, equal and fair pay, and better working conditions in such countries. Also U.S. companies fire their workers here and send their jobs overseas. Hiring foreign workers who will work for less and in less desirable working conditions. These foreign workers if they had a choice would probably want better pay and better conditions also but don't always get that option either. Free and fair trade is what we need. Products made here and sent overseas should adhere to appropriate safety regulations made here and so should products made overseas -- those products when shipped to the U.S. need to adhere to U.S. safety regulations as well. We need to close tax loopholes also and prevent tax havens from being made abroad that allow some U.S. companies to move their operations overseas to avoid paying taxes and still conduct business in the U.S. I will support free trade that is FAIR! FREE AND FAIR TRADE IS THE FUTURE! Say no to FREE TRADE THAT IS UNFAIR!
Free trade is fine and all. It has some benefits with reducing or eliminating tariffs to competition in a global marketplace and allowing U.S. companies to export and sell their goods tariff free in other countries, and other countries to export their goods tariff free in the U.S.A. However, it has some drawbacks. Products made in China and imported into the U.S. are made in Chinese sweat shops by workers who get little pay and have lousy working conditions. Some of the workers turn out to be children as China has not had any child labor laws. Safety regulations in China are less than in the U.S. This means goods made in China and imported into the U.S. might not always be as safe as they should and could be. There are no labor unions for defending worker's rights, equal and fair pay, and better working conditions in such countries. Also U.S. companies fire their workers here and send their jobs overseas. Hiring foreign workers who will work for less and in less desirable working conditions. These foreign workers if they had a choice would probably want better pay and better conditions also but don't always get that option either. Free and fair trade is what we need. Products made here and sent overseas should adhere to appropriate safety regulations made here and so should products made overseas -- those products when shipped to the U.S. need to adhere to U.S. safety regulations as well. We need to close tax loopholes also and prevent tax havens from being made abroad that allow some U.S. companies to move their operations overseas to avoid paying taxes and still conduct business in the U.S. I will support free trade that is FAIR! FREE AND FAIR TRADE IS THE FUTURE! Say no to FREE TRADE THAT IS UNFAIR!
# 139:
7:19 pm PDT, Sep 2,
Larry Adams, Washington
# 138:
1:10 am PDT, Sep 1,
Can Atik, Turkey
# 137:
9:00 am PDT, Aug 27,
Meagan Cusack, Oregon
# 136:
6:50 pm PDT, Aug 26,
John Nettleton, Oregon
Fair trade makes the world a better place for all of us.
Fair trade makes the world a better place for all of us.
# 135:
8:02 pm PDT, Aug 25,
Martha Shelley, Oregon
Global capital's race to the bottom is destroying American jobs and destroying the environment for everyone.
Global capital's race to the bottom is destroying American jobs and destroying the environment for everyone.
# 134:
4:00 pm PDT, Aug 25,
Marianne Hart, Oregon
# 133:
2:10 pm PDT, Aug 25,
Carol Misner, Oregon
# 132:
10:19 am PDT, Aug 25,
Letty Lincoln, Oregon
This is the first reasonable, moral approach to world trade and local prosperity I've seen in a long time.
This is the first reasonable, moral approach to world trade and local prosperity I've seen in a long time.
# 131:
9:21 am PDT, Aug 25,
Laurel Ramsey, Oregon
# 130:
11:49 am PDT, Aug 23,
Sieglinde Seidelman, Florida
I know there is a better way to ensure fair trade. Let us start over and re-negotiate all trade policies.
I know there is a better way to ensure fair trade. Let us start over and re-negotiate all trade policies.
# 129:
11:23 am PDT, Aug 21,
Bob Tackett, Oregon
I have experienced the devestating loss of a good job with good benefits because of our Trade agreements. Now, as the Labor Liaison for the Oregon AFL-CIO, I work with others who are going through the same job loss that I experienced.
I have experienced the devestating loss of a good job with good benefits because of our Trade agreements. Now, as the Labor Liaison for the Oregon AFL-CIO, I work with others who are going through the same job loss that I experienced.
# 128:
3:17 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Robyn Erler, California
# 127:
9:16 am PDT, Aug 20,
Tom Holden, Oregon
"Trade" is the issue, we must fashion agreements that encompasses protections for labor, the environment as well as human rights. We must set higher standards for globalization with laws against enslavement, poor labor practise and the harmful acts against the environment. Trade is one of, if not "the" most important ways in which we as a country interact with the rest of the world. People around the globe are watching and expecting better agreements. Thats why I sign this petition its time America show more accountability in its agreements. I want to urge you to endorse the trade act legistation that would procet and restore fair trade.
"Trade" is the issue, we must fashion agreements that encompasses protections for labor, the environment as well as human rights. We must set higher standards for globalization with laws against enslavement, poor labor practise and the harmful acts against the environment. Trade is one of, if not "the" most important ways in which we as a country interact with the rest of the world. People around the globe are watching and expecting better agreements. Thats why I sign this petition its time America show more accountability in its agreements. I want to urge you to endorse the trade act legistation that would procet and restore fair trade.
# 126:
7:07 am PDT, Aug 20,
Ben Basom, Oregon
# 125:
7:38 pm PDT, Aug 19,
Stephen Gern, Oregon
The small company I own has lost 80% of our revenue three years ago directly caused by Chinese imports. We had to stop employing 10 of our 13 employees! Americans are literly being sold out by our own American corperation and blind politions. That is fact.
The small company I own has lost 80% of our revenue three years ago directly caused by Chinese imports. We had to stop employing 10 of our 13 employees! Americans are literly being sold out by our own American corperation and blind politions. That is fact.
# 124:
4:49 pm PDT, Aug 19,
Liisa Wale, Oregon
# 123:
10:02 am PDT, Aug 18,
Carola Anderson, Oregon
# 122:
9:11 pm PDT, Aug 17,
Lauren Hook, Oregon
Trade can benefit Oregon -- but it needs to be conducted in a smarter way. Congressman Wu should consponsor the TRADE Act.
Trade can benefit Oregon -- but it needs to be conducted in a smarter way. Congressman Wu should consponsor the TRADE Act.
# 121:
10:55 am PDT, Aug 17,
Nancy Newell, Oregon
I support the Trade Act because the little left of the environmental protection for all species has been severely decimated by free trade and neocon policies. Survival is truly at great risk.
I support the Trade Act because the little left of the environmental protection for all species has been severely decimated by free trade and neocon policies. Survival is truly at great risk.
# 120:
11:53 pm PDT, Aug 16,
Laurie Solomon, Oregon
Current trade rules allow for companies operating outside the U.S. to ship goods into the U.S. with toxic herbicides/pesticides applies to these goods at levels currently illegal in the U.S. This means no regulation on food we import from outside the country. The health ramifications of this are obvious.
Current trade rules allow for companies operating outside the U.S. to ship goods into the U.S. with toxic herbicides/pesticides applies to these goods at levels currently illegal in the U.S. This means no regulation on food we import from outside the country. The health ramifications of this are obvious.
# 119:
3:43 pm PDT, Aug 16,
Judith Arielle Fiestal, Oregon
It is important for our country to establish a fair trade act with our partners so all parties can equally reap the rewards of trade.
It is important for our country to establish a fair trade act with our partners so all parties can equally reap the rewards of trade.
# 118:
2:37 pm PDT, Aug 16,
Nicole Borud, North Dakota
# 117:
2:43 pm PDT, Aug 15,
Bill Dewlaney, California
# 116:
4:58 pm PDT, Aug 14,
Shawna Murray md, New Hampshire
# 115:
2:06 pm PDT, Aug 14,
Krista Hanson, Oregon
I urge you to endorse the TRADE Act. This legislation is a critical first step to undoing the damage that NAFTA, CAFTA, and other free trade agreements have brought to workers in the U.S. and around the world.
I urge you to endorse the TRADE Act. This legislation is a critical first step to undoing the damage that NAFTA, CAFTA, and other free trade agreements have brought to workers in the U.S. and around the world.
# 114:
11:40 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Cathie Bell, Oregon
3,000,000 American jobs lost; the manufacturing base of the American economy collapsed; American sovereignty seriously compromised; Congress has relegated its authority and oversight regarding trade policy-making; serious environmental impact; human rights violations; consumer-safety compromise--want more reasons to nullify NAFTA, CAFTA, WTO???
3,000,000 American jobs lost; the manufacturing base of the American economy collapsed; American sovereignty seriously compromised; Congress has relegated its authority and oversight regarding trade policy-making; serious environmental impact; human rights violations; consumer-safety compromise--want more reasons to nullify NAFTA, CAFTA, WTO???
# 113:
10:21 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Stuart Johnson, Oregon
# 112:
3:39 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Pamela Allee, Oregon
Working people all over the globe - including those of us who want to work - are fed up with short-sighted trade deals that only benefit the obscenely rich owner class. We want a world that benefits everybody, and that's a world where one's work is fairly compensated and doesn't destroy the physical or social environment.
Working people all over the globe - including those of us who want to work - are fed up with short-sighted trade deals that only benefit the obscenely rich owner class. We want a world that benefits everybody, and that's a world where one's work is fairly compensated and doesn't destroy the physical or social environment.
# 111:
7:09 am PDT, Aug 13,
Elizabeth Morris, Oregon
Please support this measure which will support the environment, good jobs here and in developing countries, consumer protection and responsibility, democracy and safety for all. Rather than 'free' trade, we need FAIR trade!
Please support this measure which will support the environment, good jobs here and in developing countries, consumer protection and responsibility, democracy and safety for all. Rather than 'free' trade, we need FAIR trade!
# 110:
9:55 am PDT, Aug 12,
Steven B. Wheeler, Oregon
# 109:
5:48 pm PDT, Aug 11,
Meryle A. Korn, Oregon
So-called "free" trade acts have helped ruin not just America's economy, but played havoc with the economies of our "partners" such as Mexico and Canada. We need the TRADE Act, which will put fairness back into the equation for ALL participants, including workers - not just line corporate pockets as they drive economies into the muck while enriching themselves.
So-called "free" trade acts have helped ruin not just America's economy, but played havoc with the economies of our "partners" such as Mexico and Canada. We need the TRADE Act, which will put fairness back into the equation for ALL participants, including workers - not just line corporate pockets as they drive economies into the muck while enriching themselves.
# 108:
2:43 am PDT, Aug 11,
Don Baham, Oregon
Without FAIR TRADE, the grip of the ruleing elite will continue to rule.
Without FAIR TRADE, the grip of the ruleing elite will continue to rule.
# 107:
4:42 pm PDT, Aug 10,
Maribel Gomez, Oregon
It is extremally important with the ecological crisis threatening the planet and the staggering health and life concerns of all people around the globe.
It is extremally important with the ecological crisis threatening the planet and the staggering health and life concerns of all people around the globe.
# 106:
1:02 pm PDT, Aug 10,
Christine Pearson, Oregon
We are increasingly losing our sustainability. We are sending valuable jobs over seas and exploiting women and children in the current model of globalization.
We are increasingly losing our sustainability. We are sending valuable jobs over seas and exploiting women and children in the current model of globalization.
# 105:
11:32 am PDT, Aug 10,
Beth Peterson, Oregon
# 104:
10:14 am PDT, Aug 10,
Stuart Fishman, Oregon
At last criteria for fashioning international trade agreements that provide adequate protections for labor, environment and human rights for workers of all countries that are parties to the agreements.
At last criteria for fashioning international trade agreements that provide adequate protections for labor, environment and human rights for workers of all countries that are parties to the agreements.
# 103:
7:36 am PDT, Aug 10,
Lynn Hanson, Oregon
We have to return to a nation of producing goods and not just consuming cheap things made in other countries. That is the only way we will have a strong middle class again.
We have to return to a nation of producing goods and not just consuming cheap things made in other countries. That is the only way we will have a strong middle class again.
# 102:
11:30 pm PDT, Aug 9,
Donna Heath, Washington
The human and environmental impact of trade agreements mst be recognized and honored in agreements. It is imperative with the ecological crisis threatening the planet and the staggering health and life concerns of all people around the globe.
The human and environmental impact of trade agreements mst be recognized and honored in agreements. It is imperative with the ecological crisis threatening the planet and the staggering health and life concerns of all people around the globe.
# 101:
10:17 pm PDT, Aug 9,
Jim Lockhart, Oregon
Trade should be for the benefit of all the people.
Trade should be for the benefit of all the people.
