opinion
Also in this
section:
Editorials:
The Day of the Martyrs, and Is more violence the solution?
Bernal,
City government and the economic crisis
Guevara
Mann, An inappropriate Panamanian to head the OAS
Teamsters,
Trade policies that work for workers
Jackson,
Ancon Hill as a symbol of what's wrong with Panama
The
Israel Project, Fact vs. fiction about Gaza
Nasser,
Bush's farewell gift
Human
Rights Watch, Civilians must not be targets in the Israeli-Palestenian
fighting
Lerner,
Israel right but not smart in Gaza
Avnery,
Molten lead
What
they're saying about the fighting in Gaza
Gutman,
Will Afghanistan be an American Waterloo?
Reporters
Without Borders, Press freedom in 2008
Pilgrim,
In the light of another New Year
Committee
to Protect Journalists, Petition for jailed Cuban journalists
Kula,
Panama: coming and going
Sirias,
Open letter to a young Nicaraguan
Letters
to the editor
Trade
policies that work for workers
by
the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
The
United States faces a trade crisis. This crisis has been fueled by US
trade policies consisting of just more bad free trade agreements
(FTAs) that only benefit the CEOs of multinational companies rather
than creating jobs here at home or making sure that our trade laws
are enforced. The Teamsters are fighting for trade and globalization
policies that will ensure that jobs are not off-shored to the lowest
bidder, and policies are implemented that will in fact stop unfair
trade, improve labor standards globally, stop the manipulation of
currency, protect our families from tainted imports, stop the
importation of sweatshop-made goods, and that finally creates and
keeps jobs in the United States.
Colombia,
Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements
These
free trade agreements are almost identical in every way to previous
agreements that follow the flawed NAFTA/CAFTA model. There are
insufficient labor and environmental protections, and the FTAs would
encourage US companies to move overseas. Also, the assassination of
union activists and impunity that exist in both Colombia and Panama
are an outrage and are totally unacceptable. No one should ever lose
their lives fighting for their right to organize --- and our
government should not attempt to reward such impunity through passage
of an FTA.
Also in this
section:
Editorials:
The Day of the Martyrs, and Is more violence the solution?
Bernal,
City government and the economic crisis
Guevara
Mann, An inappropriate Panamanian to head the OAS
Teamsters,
Trade policies that work for workers
Jackson,
Ancon Hill as a symbol of what's wrong with Panama
The
Israel Project, Fact vs. fiction about Gaza
Nasser,
Bush's farewell gift
Human
Rights Watch, Civilians must not be targets in the Israeli-Palestenian
fighting
Lerner,
Israel right but not smart in Gaza
Avnery,
Molten lead
What
they're saying about the fighting in Gaza
Gutman,
Will Afghanistan be an American Waterloo?
Reporters
Without Borders, Press freedom in 2008
Pilgrim,
In the light of another New Year
Committee
to Protect Journalists, Petition for jailed Cuban journalists
Kula,
Panama: coming and going
Sirias,
Open letter to a young Nicaraguan
Letters
to the editor
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