The "Just Say No!" Ad is published!
On Tuesday, July 31 your ad, signed by hundreds of Americans and dozens of organizations, was published in "The Hill" congressional newspaper. Your voices and contributions sent a wake up call to Congress before they left for the August recess. Just as our pressure helped scuttle Fast Track in June, your voices helped head off passage of these broken agreements in the frantic last week before the August break!
The pending trade agreements with Peru, Panama, Colombia and Korea are just four more NAFTA-style, corporate pacts that will do nothing for American workers or our neighbors in these countries. Last November, U.S voters joined people from around the world in calling for a trade model based on economic justice rather than corporate greed. Last week, Congress heard from you again in the newspaper. Now we hope you will contact them as they return to their districts for the August recess.
Congress should vote down these broken agreements when they are brought forth again in September. Please help us drive this message home over the August break. If you are an ad signer or even if you are not, please download the ad text , print and send it to your representatives at their district offices with a personal note.
We will do a hill drop with copies of the ad in September to remind Congress of our message when they return. But your words have the greatest impact.
Many thanks from all of us here at The Alliance for Responsible Trade and the Quest for Peace. Together we helped block the advance of the corporate "trade-at-any-cost" agenda this summer. That’s something to celebrate! We will keep up the pressure in September and until there is a real change in how these vital policies are made. We know we can count on you to stand up for trade justice!
Peace and Blessings,
Tom Loudon and Dolly Pomerleau
Alliance for Responsible Trade
Quest for Peace
