----- Original Message ----- From: Nathan Wyeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 5:59 PM Subject: [mobilize-globally] fwd: ALL CALL DAY FEB. 22: NO NAFTA for the Americas - NO FTAA! > >Please post widely! > >ACTION ALERT - ACTION ALERT - ACTION ALERT > >All-Call Day of Action Thursday, February 22: >"NO NAFTA for the Americas - NO FTAA"! > >Thousands of fair trade activists delivered "wake-up calls" to the U.S. >Congress last month to demand that our Representatives get involved in >breaking the silence around secret negotiations to create "NAFTA for the >Americas." Formally called the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), it >is an expansion of NAFTA to all 35 countries in the western hemisphere >but one (that's Cuba). We reminded Congress that FTAA is NAFTA all over >again, and that we won't stand for sending living-wage jobs to >union-busting sweatshops to save Big Business a buck, for endangering >regulations that protect public health and safety and the environment, >and the "investor-to-state" rules that allow corporations to sue >governments -- at taxpayer expense! -- anytime they feel that laws >designed to protect people and communities limit their profit margins. > >Now you have their attention. Last month, a bipartisan group of 63 >Representatives sent a letter to the White House, demanding that the U.S. >Trade Representative start consulting Congress about the negotiations, as >required by the Constitution, and that the negotiations process be opened >so that all documents on FTAA are available to the public. So Congress >is growing more aware of our concerns. But the big challenges are still >ahead of us! Trade negotiators are going ahead with planned meetings >this April on FTAA -- without input from citizens or our elected >representatives. We must keep the pressure on Members of Congress to >join the fight against NAFTA for the Americas! > >HERE'S YOUR CHANCE: CONGRESS IS COMING HOME! The first recess period of >the 107thCongress is coming up, February 16-26, and this is your chance >to speak up again while they're on your home turf. > >YOU can help stop NAFTA for the Americas! This week, here's how: > > * Get a meeting! The best way to make an impression is to talk to your >Representative face to face. Put together a diverse group of people from >your district (union representatives, environmental leaders, local >officials, students, human rights advocates...) and request a meeting at >your hometown office, or go on your own. Don't take no for an answer! >If the Representative can't meet, find out if a staffer is available or >ask about the schedule for town hall meetings so that you can address >your concerns there. Talking points and sample meeting request letters >are at www.tradewatch.org. > > * Be part of the national All-Call Day on FTAA on Thursday, Feb. 22! >Call your Representative and Senators at their district offices. These >local numbers can be found in your phone book blue pages, or from their >official websites (check www.house.gov and www.senate.gov). Then call >their trade staffers in Washington through the Capitol Switchboard >(202-224-3121). Ask them to commit to oppose the "NAFTA for the >Americas"! > > * Write a letter to the editor! Samples are online at >www.tradewatch.org. If your Representative hasn't stated his or her >position on "NAFTA for the Americas" yet, this is a good place to ask >them, publicly, to do it -- especially if he or she turned down your >request for a meeting! > > * Report back! If your Representative or Senators tell you about their >positions on FTAA, we want to know so that we can thank fair trade >champions and keep the heat on those who favor profits over people. Call >us at 202- 546-4996 and ask for the Global Trade Watch field team, or >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For more information on "NAFTA for the Americas" and how YOU can be part >of the "Campaign of Inquiry" to uncover the truth about these >negotiations, visit www.tradewatch.org or call Public Citizen's Global >Trade Watch at 202-546-4996. > > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> eGroups is now Yahoo! Groups Click here for more details http://click.egroups.com/1/11231/0/_/_/_/982360105/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
