FREE TRADE FORUM in Medford 3-29-08
Oregon Fair Trade Campaign & Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice, 28.03.2008 09:06
Don't Miss Event: Southern Oregon Assembly on Free Trade and Job Loss
Join displaced workers from Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford and elsewhere to discuss the negative impacts that free trade agreements like NAFTA are having on southern Oregon communities -- and what we can do together to finally put an end to destructive trade policies once-and-for-all.
When: Saturday, March 29 2:00 pm
Where: Medford County Library, 205 South Central, Medford
Continue Below for recent "fair trade interviews" on the Brain Labor Report radio show
FAIR TRADE NOT FREE TRADE
RECENT BRAIN LABOR REPORT RADIO INTERVIEWS ON TRADE
"Free Trade and Job Loss" (3-25-08 edition)
Rusa Fisher with the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign joins us in the studio to discuss the upcoming Southern Oregon Assembly on Free Trade and Job Loss.
http://www.kskq.org/brainlabor/?p=252
"A look at NAFTA and Mexican labor" (3-27-08 edition)
Dagoberto Morales joins us for a discussion on NAFTA and the effect on Mexican labor.
http://www.kskq.org/brainlabor/?p=253
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRADE FORUM IN MEDFORD...
Southern Oregon Assembly on Free Trade and Job Loss
http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2008/03/11208.shtml
Free trade agreements like NAFTA and the WTO have cost thousands of southern Oregon residents their jobs. Many more are at risk of having their jobs shipped abroad if trade policies continue on their current course. Even those whose jobs are safe from offshoring suffer from the downward pressure this puts on wages and the accompanying decline in the local tax base.
This town hall-style event is an opportunity for the community to come together and examine how free trade agreements are eliminating Oregon jobs and otherwise harming the region. It is also a chance to work together for fair trade policies that reflect the values of our state.
All members of the public are invited to participate in this free and open forum sponsored by the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign and Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice. For more information, contact ORFTC at 
rusa@citizenstrade.org or (503) 736-9777 or JwJ at brain@mind.net or (541) 482-6988.
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This is WHY we went to Seattle in 1999! 28.03.2008 - 11:57 Glad to see this work, the Southern Oregon region is so damned depressed with this Walmart ecomony which is being built here. The race to the bottom is alive and well with consumers, here, for sure!!! Only through education do we have any chances to counter the myth of maintream media which has stolen our airwaves and the progressive voices of ordinairy people! A Better World Is Possible! Become Educated. Stand Up To Corporate Globalization! Let's Build A Global Economy That Works For Working People and The Environment Around Our Whole Planet ! ! ! VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED> |