"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.